Hydrogenated Molecules of Carbon as Products of New Pyrolysis Method of Toluene, Xylene and Ethanol

In contrast to previously known methods of fullerenes and fulleranes producing, firstly the reaction conditions of direct conversion of toluene, xylene and ethanol molecules into molecules of not only fulleranes (C₆₀H₄-C₆₀H₆₀ and C₇₀H₁₀-C₇₀H₄₂), but also into quasi-fulleranes (CnHn-6-CnHn-2 (n = 20-42)) were created. The substances containing small molecules of carbon C₃-C₁₇ were synthesized from vapors of toluene, xylene and ethanol under the conditions excluding sublimation of carbon. Firstly the volatile products of thermolysis of hydrogenated molecules of carbon are investigated in all an interval of temperatures 50-750℃ by means of mass spectrometric method. It is established, that the evolution of hydrogen from given hydrogenated molecules of carbon with so low (~ 50℃) temperature is starting off. Earlier by anybody yet not synthesized an equiatomic composition fullerane C₆₀H₆₀ was synthesized, the thin structure of its mass spectrum completely coincides with natural isotope distribution in a molecule C₆₀H₆₀. The substances synthesized were characterized by temperature-programmed desorption mass spectrometry, matrix-activated laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy and chemical analysis.