In 1825 Michael Faraday isolated a sweet-smelling chemical that he dubbed bi-carburet of hydrogen. That molecule, better ...

Biphenyl was chosen because the two phenyl rings are only weakly conjugated 22 and it has a more accessible reduction potential than benzene ([biphenyl] 0/− at −2.69 V, [benzene] 0/− at −3 ...

Benzene-derived carbon nanothreads. Nature Materials, 2014; 14 (1): 43 DOI: ... utilizing a catalytic reaction to connect benzene rings and create an eight-membered ring structure.

A huge molecular wheel has set a new record as the largest aromatic ring (Nat. Chem. 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0398-3). The molecule could be a step toward making even bigger rings that serve ...

Nanometre-sized carbon materials consisting of benzene units oriented in unique geometric patterns, hereafter named nanocarbons, conduct electricity, absorb and emit light, and exhibit interesting ...

A research team has discovered an electrochemical method that allows highly selective para-position single-carbon insertion ...

Benzene (C 6 H 6) is the simplest of the wide range of 'aromatic' compounds, which have rings of carbon atoms surrounded by 'delocalized' electrons that circulate around the molecules.

The scientists were hunting for an allotrope called a cyclocarbon, specifically cyclo[18]carbon which consists of 18 carbon atoms. (You may have heard of benzene or aromatic rings—these differ ...