All benzene articles – Page 2

Research

16 benzene rings make up bulkiest ever acene

2019-03-08T14:38:00Z

Largest perphenylacene behaves like tetracene in an inert hydrocarbon sheath

Research

Benzene transformed into nanotubes with predictable defects

2019-01-16T09:41:00Z

Synthesis delivers molecular cylinders that contain 240 sp²-carbon atoms

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First double aromatic molecule made

2018-10-12T09:31:00Z

Hexaselenyl benzene cation is the first stable molecule with an aromatic ring inside another aromatic ring

Research

Inorganic molecule mimics odd benzene isomer

2018-10-08T09:30:00Z

Zwitterionic boron–nitrogen compound has σ bond between two π orbitals

Research

Algae lipid transformed into benzene

2018-05-03T11:40:00Z

Efficient process derives agrochemical and pharmaceutical intermediate from renewable feedstock

Research

Calcium breaks ‘like repels like’ rule in benzene alkylation

2017-12-01T14:34:00Z

Serendipitous discovery sees main-group metal topple textbook paradigm

Research

Helicene twists aromaticity to its limit

2017-10-17T12:25:00Z

Six-pronged molecule contains the most twisted and least aromatic benzene ring found yet

Research

Subsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster

2017-09-08T09:19:00Z

Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly

Research

Hypothetical molecule might take wing in bird geometry

2017-05-22T10:22:00Z

Yet-to-be-synthesised iodabenzene could be stabilised by functional groups that support a bird-shaped isomer

Research

Chemists create stable bismuth benzene derivative

2016-09-29T10:19:00Z

Bismabenzene is the first isolated derivative to contain period 6 element

Research

Chemists create pnictogen-based ‘inorganic benzene’

2016-08-25T15:29:00Z

First inorganic analogues of benzene containing silicon and group 15 elements made

Research

A new twist on aromaticity

2016-03-22T00:00:00Z

Researchers break record for benzene ring with the largest twist angle

Research

A small molecule’s big moment

2016-02-08T00:00:00Z

Substituted benzene has the largest dipole ever observed in a neutral molecule

Feature

Snakes, sausages and structural formulae

2015-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mike Sutton tells the story of how August Kekulé dreamt up the structure of benzene

Research

Purely inorganic aromatic ion synthesised

2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

Aromatic anion made from nitrogen and phosphorus synthesised

News

Mouse model to assess chemical exposure

2014-11-14T00:00:00Z

Outbred mice can be used predict how human’s will respond to harmful chemicals with examination of chromosomal damage

Podcast

Benzene

2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

An organic compound found by a dreaming chemist - Brian Clegg uncovers the history behind Benzene