All benzene articles
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BusinessData reveals disparities in US refinery benzene emissions
Monitoring shows several facilities consistently exceed federal action levels
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Research
Metal sandwich stabilises first benzene triplet-state aromatic
Benzene diradical dianion is the first monocyclic molecule that’s Baird aromatic in the ground state
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Superbenzenes now do the twist too
Supertwistacene is the first configurationally stable chiral graphene nanoribbon
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Podcast
Hexasilabenzene
Brian Clegg discovers what a six-membered silicon ring can tell us about alien life
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Research
Has mystery of why benzene forms in cherry-flavoured soft drinks been solved?
Photochemical reaction discovery points to simple way to prevent formation of the carcinogen
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First benzene-mimicking molecule made entirely from palladium
Palladium hexagon is a rare example of all-metal aromatic nanocluster
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Double aromaticity found in boron analogue of metallabenzene
Boron–rhenium cluster is both σ- and π-aromatic
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Mystery of whether or not kekulene is superaromatic unravelled after 41 years
Second-ever synthesis and first atomic resolution images of superbenzene reveal its electronic nature
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First molecular knots made from just benzene rings
Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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16 benzene rings make up bulkiest ever acene
Largest perphenylacene behaves like tetracene in an inert hydrocarbon sheath
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Benzene transformed into nanotubes with predictable defects
Synthesis delivers molecular cylinders that contain 240 sp2-carbon atoms
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First double aromatic molecule made
Hexaselenyl benzene cation is the first stable molecule with an aromatic ring inside another aromatic ring
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Inorganic molecule mimics odd benzene isomer
Zwitterionic boron–nitrogen compound has σ bond between two π orbitals
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Algae lipid transformed into benzene
Efficient process derives agrochemical and pharmaceutical intermediate from renewable feedstock
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Calcium breaks ‘like repels like’ rule in benzene alkylation
Serendipitous discovery sees main-group metal topple textbook paradigm
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Helicene twists aromaticity to its limit
Six-pronged molecule contains the most twisted and least aromatic benzene ring found yet
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Subsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster
Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly
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Hypothetical molecule might take wing in bird geometry
Yet-to-be-synthesised iodabenzene could be stabilised by functional groups that support a bird-shaped isomer
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Chemists create stable bismuth benzene derivative
Bismabenzene is the first isolated derivative to contain period 6 element
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Chemists create pnictogen-based ‘inorganic benzene’
First inorganic analogues of benzene containing silicon and group 15 elements made
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