Chirality: Problems

Problem 4/9
 

Find all elements of symmetry and the point group of fullerene C70. Is C70 chiral or achiral?


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As usual with fullerenes, we left out the delocalized double bonds.

symmetry elements:
   C2    C3    C4    C5    C6    C
   i    S4    S6    S8     (vert.)     (hori.)
point group:
 C2  C2v  C5  C5h  C6
 C6h  Cs  Ci  D2  D2d
 D2h  D5  D5d  D5h  D6
 D6h  other
chirality:
 chiral  achiral









 
 
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