This maxim accounts for why buckminsterfullerene undergoes electrophilic reactions like an alkene.
This maxim accounts for why buckminsterfullerene undergoes electrophilic reactions like an alkene. It was first described in 1931 and the first part of it requires that the compound be both planar and cyclic, which buckyballs violated. It also required that there be an uninterrupted cloud of pi electrons both above and below the plane of the molecule. FTP, name this rule that states that a compound must have 4N plus 2 pi electrons, where N is an integer, in order for that compound to be considered aromatic.
This maxim accounts for why buckminsterfullerene undergoes electrophilic reactions like an alkene.
{Huckel’s} Rule