Abstract
MS/MS studies of the higher fullerenes C n + (n = 60, 70, all even from 76-94) revealed that certain product ions were especially stable, and that these matched closely to the fullerenes that are particularly abundant in synthetic mixtures. All fullerenes fragmented by loss of C2 molecules.
Acknowledgments
JSM thanks the Royal Society of Chemistry for a Journals Grant for International Authors. WH thanks the University of Waikato for materials and instrumentation.