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Chemistry World January 29, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Silicon goes aromatic Chemists in the UK have constructed a structural analogue of benzene made from silicon atoms. The molecule is not flat like benzene, but it reveals a new type of aromatic stabilisation.  |
Chemistry World October 9, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Largest Mobius molecule synthesized Researchers from Korea and Japan have put a new twist on aromaticity, synthesizing the largest Mobius aromatic molecule to date.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Purely inorganic aromatic ion synthesized Scientists in the US have successfully synthesized an aromatic ion made from only nitrogen and phosphorus. The anion is a rare example of a stable aromatic species containing no carbon atoms.  |
Chemistry World October 5, 2006 Mark Peplow |
Boron Shows Its Negative Side A molecule that hosts a negatively-charged boron atom could prove to be an exciting addition to the chemist's toolbox, according to researchers who have isolated the anion as its lithium salt.  |
Chemistry World March 3, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Hydrocarbon turns superconductor Researchers in Japan have created the first superconducting material based on a molecule of carbon and hydrogen atoms.  |
Chemistry World April 28, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Elusive sigma aromaticity captured Chemists in the US have created a unique transition metal hydride in which the hydrogens form a five-membered aromatic ring, something that had been theorized, but until now never seen.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
C-O bond stretched to record length Chemists in the US have stretched the C-O bond to a record length, an 'extraordinary' 1.622 angstroms, compared with a typical length of around 1.43 angstroms in ethers.  |
Chemistry World February 6, 2012 David Bradley |
10 out of 10 for boron's coordinated effort A team in the US has created a boron compound that has the highest coordination number of any planar species, squeezing 10 spoke-like bonds from a central metal hub to 10 boron atoms equally spaced around a nanoscopic wheel.  |
Chemistry World June 14, 2012 David Bradley |
Tripling up on boron bonds Carbon and nitrogen are well known for their triple bonds, but making stable compounds with a triple bond between two boron atoms hadn't been achieved despite the computational possibilities. Until now.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
'Nano-welding' taken to the limits as specific bonds are cut and formed In a remarkable demonstration of the extreme limits of nanoscale engineering, researchers from the US and China have used the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope to cleave and form selected chemical bonds on a complex molecule.  |
Reactive Reports David Bradley |
Subjective Suboxide Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are probably the best known molecules containing just carbon and oxygen, but they do form others, such as carbon suboxide (C3O2), which is one of the most stable.  |
Chemistry World April 14, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Osmium and pyridine ring together Organic chemists in China have found a way to put osmium into a pyridine ring - leading to the synthesis of the first metallapyridinium complex.  |
Chemistry World March 2, 2015 Andy Extance |
Chemists zinc up 'aromatic' metal cubes Researchers in China and the US have synthesized polyzinc clusters that have pushed back the boundaries of the kind of aromatic structures chemists can make.  |
Chemistry World July 8, 2011 Mike Brown |
Pi-stacking better without the aromatics? Scientists in the US have discovered that electrons confined to their double bonds can sometimes deliver stronger pi-stacking interactions than those roaming free in aromatic systems.  |
Chemistry World March 9, 2007 Michael Gross |
Nanowires go Round the Bend Chemists have bent an apparently linear molecular wire into a closed circle, creating a conducting ring just 3 nanometers across.  |
Chemistry World July 8, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Flattening carbon UK researchers have managed to synthesise a molecule with an almost planar four-coordinate carbon atom bonded to two lithium atoms and bulky organic ligands.  |
Technology Research News August 27, 2003 |
Light makes molecule shine Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have constructed a fluorescent molecule that can be repeatedly switched on and off. If a way can be found to switch individual, closely-packed molecules on and off, fantastic amounts of information could be stored in very small spaces.  |
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
New method for aromatic coupling Chemists in Switzerland have developed a way to couple aromatic rings through the Friedel-Crafts mechanism - something many people would have believed impossible.  |
Chemistry World February 13, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
First purely organic phosphor Scientists in the US have made a major advance in the development of novel light-emitting materials by designing the first purely organic phosphorescent compound.  |
Chemistry World July 5, 2011 Mike Brown |
Metallic Pick and Mix with Complexes Scientists in Germany have plucked a metal ion from the middle of a phthalocyanine molecule on a silver surface. The simple method of removal, which employs a scanning tunnelling microscope, could be used to make cheaper molecular storage devices.  |
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 |
Artificial DNA stacks metal atoms In recent years, researchers have replaced some of DNA's natural bases with those that attach to metal atoms in order to coax DNA to organize metal ions into tiny structures. Researchers in Japan have tapped the method to form stacks of single metal ions.  |
Chemistry World August 14, 2012 Andy Extance |
Carbon clusters score lucky seven US and Chinese chemists say that they've calculated the structure of a stable carbon dication that would have a higher coordination number than any yet seen experimentally.  |
Chemistry World November 9, 2011 Laura Howes |
Zap and the Aromaticity is Gone German chemists have shown that it's possible to turn off aromaticity with a blast from a laser beam.  |
Chemistry World August 21, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Double bonding with silicon In a landmark for silicon chemistry, US researchers have reported the first stable silicon (0) compound to contain a silicon-silicon double bond.  |
Chemistry World May 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Anions enjoy a taste of pi European researchers have captured the moment when an anion interacts with the pi electron cloud of an aromatic molecule, something that has been known to occur but never seen at work.  |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Molecule Makes Electric Motor Researchers have built molecules that can spin on command, but finding a way to harness this molecular motion to carry out work is more difficult. A molecule that has a limited range of motion opens up new possibilities.  |
Chemistry World November 2, 2015 |
Batzelladine B Of all the diverse substances that nature produces, the alkaloids -- small molecules containing basic nitrogen -- have had the greatest impact on human history and health.  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Archetypal Lewis Acid Borane Turned Into a Base Chemists in the US and Germany have achieved the remarkable feat of transforming a borane, an archetypal electron-accepting Lewis acid, into an electron-donating Lewis base.  |
Chemistry World August 27, 2009 Nina Notman |
Molecules in close-up A tuning-fork-like device than measures atomic forces is able to image every single atom in a molecule, according to its Swiss inventors.  |
Chemistry World October 15, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
ExBox snares polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons US chemists have designed a novel macrocyclic molecule that may be able to scavenge an important class of toxic hydrocarbons from the environment.  |
Reactive Reports November 2007 David Bradley |
Organic Uranium The first ever uranium methylidyne molecule has been synthesized by US chemists despite the reactivity of the heavy, heavy metal.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Shining a light on amine synthesis A new method for site selective amination of aromatic organic compounds has been developed by researchers in the US.  |
Chemistry World January 15, 2010 Kate McAlpine |
Capturing carbon with copper A team of researchers in the Netherlands have devised a trap that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley |
Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.  |
Chemistry World July 1, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Liquid Cement Turns Liquid Metal When an alkali metal is dissolved in ammonia, the result is free electrons.  |
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Laura Howes |
Switchable catenane ready for data storage A quick experiment at the start of a PhD has resulted in a stable organic compound with four unpaired electrons. The researchers are now investigating this unusual structure for applications in batteries and data storage.  |
Chemistry World November 27, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Getting the Dope on a Single Atom of Dopant Scientists have successfully probed the electronic and quantum mechanical properties of a single atom of dopant in a silicon transistor. The research could provide important information necessary for the development of quantum computers.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley |
Chemists Go Round the Bend Chemists often think of molecular wires as "shape-persistent" rods with limited flexibility, but researchers have now shown that molecular wires can be bent into ring shapes.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2012 Nina Notman |
Observing Charge Distribution in Molecules The distribution of charge across a single molecule has been imaged for the first time by Swiss scientists. It is hoped that this work may eventually lead to electronic devices consisting of organic molecules.  |
Chemistry World March 20, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Chemical Model Unlocks Key Enzyme's Secrets The precise workings of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), an enzyme that is crucial for all aerobic life, have been unveiled.  |
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Laser tracks electrons in molecules The breakthrough suggests that attosecond lasers will soon enable scientists to address problems in chemistry and biology, which until now were too complex for attosecond science.  |
Chemistry World November 27, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
A simple way to join an olefin to an arene Chemists in the US have developed a simple and effective way to carry out a key class of reaction in organic synthesis - the bolting an olefin to an aromatic ring.  |
Chemistry World March 24, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
A crowded neighbourhood US researchers have broken the record for a compound with the highest coordination number - the number of neighbours an atom is capable of binding to.  |
Chemistry World May 24, 2009 Nina Notman |
Toxic mushroom molecule discovered A simple compound containing a highly strained three-carbon ring has been found to be the toxic culprit in a highly poisonous Asian mushroom.  |
Chemistry World January 29, 2012 Andy Extance |
Calculations reveal carbon-carbon quadruple bond C 2's two carbon atoms aren't joined by a double bond as usually thought, or even a triple bond, but in fact a quadruple bond.  |
Chemistry World June 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Boron is Key to Antifungal Agent Researchers have shown that the presence of a boron atom is key to an antifungal agent being developed to treat infections of fingernails and toenails.  |
Chemistry World August 29, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Rigid molecular wires make electrons fly Researchers in Germany and Japan have shown that a new type of organic molecular wire -- which is flat and rigid -- can transfer electrons at more than 800 times the speed of its conventional, flexible counterpart.  |
Chemistry World May 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Unusual H-bond patterns revealed in single molecule image Researchers in the US have used a scanning tunnelling microscope to produce the latest images of structure and bonding in a single molecule, by sensing the molecule's local potential energy landscape.  |
Chemistry World January 24, 2010 Andy Extance |
Boron cluster forms unique ring system Clusters of nineteen boron atoms gather together in a ring structure unlike any other seen, with two planar -bonded aromatic systems nestled inside one another.  |
Chemistry World August 17, 2009 James Urquhart |
New method for fluorinating compounds Fluorine atoms are incorporated into aromatic organic compounds for many reasons, including their ability to increase metabolic stability, solubility and bioavailability.  |