different between buckminsterfullerene vs corannulene

English

Etymology

From the name of Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, +? -ene.

Noun

buckminsterfullerene (plural buckminsterfullerenes)

1. An allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes.

Synonyms

• footballene

See also

• fullerene
• fulleride
• buckyball
• buckytube

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Buckminsterfullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “buckminsterfullerene”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

English

Noun

corannulene (plural corannulenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
2. (organic chemistry) The parent compound of this group