The grossly warped nanographene has interesting optical and electronic properties © NPG A new family of nanocarbons has emerged with the growth of the first non-planar nanographene. Chemists from Boston College, US, and Nagoya University, Japan successfully synthesised a grossly warped nanographene by embedding non-hexagonal rings into a nanographene subunit. The unique structure was found… Continue reading Chemists welcome newest member of nanocarbon family
Tag: Crystal structure
Crystal structure closes classic carbocation case
Herb Brown favoured rapidly equilibrating classical enantiomers of the 2-norbornyl cation Winstein proposed the nonclassical structure of the 2-norbornyl cation, now shown to be correct F Scholz et al, Science, 2013, DOI: 10.1126/science.1238849 After more than 60 years, crystals of the 2-norbornyl cation have finally put its ‘nonclassical’ structure, with a pentacoordinate carbon, beyond… Continue reading Crystal structure closes classic carbocation case