Superbenzenes now do the twist too

By Katrina Krämer2020-10-14T08:30:00

Supertwistacene 3D gif spinning molecule

Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry / S Ma et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 16887 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0)

Supertwistacene is the first configurationally stable chiral graphene nanoribbon

Supertwistacene might not win a prize for the longest acene or the most twisted molecule, but it is the first helical graphene nanoribbon whose chiral configuration is stable enough for the enantiomers to be separated.