“…It can be expected that the listed isomers overlap considerably with those 13 isomers of C 60 (CF 3 ) 6 detected previously. [6] It would be of particular interest to trace subsequent trifluoromethylation up to C 60 (CF 3 ) 10 and C 60 (CF 3 ) 12 and to rationalize the formation of such isomers as 1,6,12,15,18,23,25,41,45,57-C 60 (CF 3 ) 10 with two mpppm loops of CF 3 groups, with isomers 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-13, and 6-14 of C 60 (CF 3 ) 6 acting as precursors, or (S 6 )-C 60 (CF 3 ) 12 , with isomer 6-6 of C 60 (CF 3 ) 6 as a possible precursor. The determination of sufficiently probable pathways that yield these compounds would be an important test of validity of our model.…”