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. 2008 Feb 1;94(3):958–976. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110817

Table 1.

Characteristics of fullerenes with 20 ≤ n ≤ 84 vertices

IDs of probable cages
n Faces Hexs Graphically possible Cages IPR cages Lowest Np for each n Number of lowest Np isomers IDs of isomers with lowest Np Number of probable cages FM Schonflies
20-60 5770 1 35 16
20-70 30,579 2 56 17
60-84 218,551 51 71 52
20-84 222,509 51 105 66
20 12 0 1 0 30 1 1 1 1 Ih
24 14 2 1 0 24 1 1 1 1 D6d
26 15 3 1 0 21 1 1 1 1 D3h
28 16 4 2 0 18 1 2 1 2 Td
30 17 5 3 0 17 1 3 0
32 18 6 6 0 15 1 6 1 6 D3
34 19 7 6 0 14 1 5 0
36 20 8 15 0 12 2 14, 15 2 14, 15 D2d(II), D6h
38 21 9 17 0 11 1 17 1 17 C2(V)
40 22 10 40 0 10 2 38, 39 2 38, 39 D2(III), D5d(II)
42 23 11 45 0 9 1 45 1 45 D3
44 24 12 89 0 8 2 75, 89 2 75, 89 D2(III), D2(VI)
46 25 13 116 0 8 7 99,103,107,108,109,114,116 0
48 26 14 199 0 7 4 171, 196, 197, 199 0
50 27 15 271 0 5 1 271 1 271 D5h(II)
52 28 16 437 0 5 1 422 0
54 29 17 580 0 4 1 540 0
56 30 18 924 0 4 4 843, 864, 913, 916 0
58 31 19 1205 0 3 1 1205 0
60 32 20 1812 1 0 1 1812 (IPR-1) 2 1784, 1812 (IPR-1) D6h(II), Ih
62 33 21 2385 0 3 3 2184, 2377, 2378 0
64 34 22 3465 0 2 3 3451, 3452, 2378 0
66 35 23 4478 0 2 3 4169, 4348, 4466 0
68 36 24 6332 0 2 11 6073,6094,6146,6148,6149,6195, 6198,6269,6270,6290,6328 0
70 37 25 8149 1 0 1 All IPR 1 All IPR
72 38 26 11190 1 0 1 All IPR 1 All IPR
74 39 27 14246 1 0 1 All IPR 1 All IPR
76 40 28 19151 2 0 2 All IPR 2 All IPR
78 41 29 24109 5 0 5 All IPR 5 All IPR
80 42 30 31924 7 0 7 All IPR 7 All IPR
82 43 31 39718 9 0 9 All IPR 9 All IPR
84 44 32 51592 24 0 24 All IPR 24 All IPR
86 45 33 63761 19 0 19 All IPR
88 46 34 81738 35 0 35 All IPR
90 47 35 99918 46 0 46 All IPR
92 48 36 126409 86 0 86 All IPR
94 49 37 153493 134 0 134 All IPR
96 50 38 191839 187 0 187 All IPR
98 51 39 231017 259 0 259 All IPR
100 52 40 285913 450 0 450 All IPR

The number of hexagons (hexs) is (n - 20)/2. With 12 pentagons, the number of faces is 12 more. The number of graphically possible cages and graphically possible cages that obey the isolated pentagon rule (IPR cages) were counted by use of the Fullgen program or the CaGe program, which use a productive algorithm (38). For each n, the isomer with the lowest number of pentagon pairs (Np) is listed according to the (FM) isomer numbering in Fowler and Manolopoulos (24). These lowest Np values are listed in Table 4.1 of Fowler and Manolopoulos. Probable cages have no improbable Rings, and the number and identify of these are listed for each n. Cages with 84 < n ≤ 100 were not investigated with respect to improbable rings.