Extended Data Fig. 1: Thermochemical comparison of the cyclodehydrogenation reaction of C60H30 to C60 and 1 to FP.

a, Reaction equation for the C60H30 to C60 conversion. b, Relative energies of intermediates for each reaction. c, Energy difference between each reaction intermediate. (DFT: M06-2X/def2-TZVP).