High-temperature chlorination of C70 with SbCl5 resulted in a skeletal transformation via a Stone–Wales rearrangement and the formation of non-IPR 8005C70Cl26.
High-temperature chlorination of C70 with SbCl5 promotes a five-step skeletal transformation that gives partially hydrolyzed C68Cl28 with an unprecedented carbon cage featuring three heptagons and 15 pentagons arranged in fused pairs and triples.