Mystery of whether or not kekulene is superaromatic unravelled after 41 years

By Katrina Krämer2019-10-22T12:37:00

An image showing an ultra-high-resolution AFM imaging of single molecules of kekulene

Second-ever synthesis and first atomic resolution images of superbenzene reveal its electronic nature

More than 40 years after it was first made, chemists have revisited ‘superbenzene’ or kekulene, snapping the first atomic resolution images and finally unravelling its true aromatic nature.