1,3,7,10,14,17,21,28,31,42,52,55-Dodeca­kis(trifluoro­meth­yl)- 1,3,7,10,14,17,21,28,31,42,52,55-dodeca­hydro­(C(60)–I(h))[5,6]fullerene

The title compound, C(72)F(36), is one of four isomers of C(60)(CF(3))(12) for which crystal structures have been obtained. The fullerene mol­ecule has an idealized I(h) C(60) core with the 12 CF(3) groups arranged in an asymmetric fashion on two ribbons of edge-sharing C(6)(CF(3))(2) hexa­gons, a para–meta–para–para–para–meta–para ribbon and a para–meta–para ribbon, giving an overall pmp (3) mp,pmp structure. There are no cage Csp (3)—Csp (3) bonds. The F atoms of two CF(3) groups are disordered over two positions; the site occupancy factors are 0.85/0.15 and 0.73/0.27. There are intra­molecular F⋯F contacts between pairs of CF(3) groups on the same hexa­gon that range from 2.521 (3) to 2.738 (4) Å.