Term Name: | fullerene |
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Synonyms: | fulereno, fulerenos, Fulleren, fullerene, fullerenes, fullereno, fullerenos |
Definition: | A compound composed solely of an even number of carbon atoms, which form a cage-like fused-ring polycyclic system with twelve five-membered rings and the rest six-membered rings. The term has been broadened to include any closed cage structure consisting entirely of three-coordinate carbon atoms. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:33416] ( EBI ) |