IUPAC definition : Compounds 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 archetypal example is [60]fullerene, where the atoms and bonds delineate
a truncated icosahedron. The term has been broadened to include any closed cage structure
consisting entirely of three-coordinate carbon atoms.;
Compounds 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 archetypal example is [60]fullerene, where the atoms and bonds delineate
a truncated icosahedron. The term has been broadened to include any closed cage structure
consisting entirely of three-coordinate carbon atoms.