Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have synthesized a new class of carbon nanostructures: fully ...

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.

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

Carbon-based aromatic rings such as benzene are not usually thought of as easy to break apart. Instead, they tend to react in pathways that leave the ring — and its circular system of electrons ...

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 ...

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

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 ...