Aromaticity lends stability to carbon-only catenanes
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Jamie Purcell2020-02-10T09:58:00
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Catenanes of newly discovered C18 rings are theoretically possible thanks to the kinetic quirks of aromaticity
A new study suggests that catenanes composed of interlocked cyclo18carbon rings could be stable due to kinetic trapping.