I don't write about real chemistry very often these days, but it's always great to hear about the creative (supra)molecular architectures and new allotropes of carbon developed in Harry Anderson's lab here in Oxford. The latest news from his lab, published in Science magazine this week, is the first molecular carbon ring stable enough to be investigated in solution by normal spectroscopy methods. Previous carbon rings were produced by atom manipulation on solid surfaces, a method requiring extremely low temperatures (see here and here).
I wrote a news story for Chemistry World about this new work, which is out now:
Ring of pure carbon stabilised by its catenane connections
Chemistry World 15.8.2025
I believe it is freely accessible as long as you haven't used up your monthly quota of free articles from CW.
The three macrocycles helped to stabilise the C48 molecule, allowing the first isolation in solution of this class of molecule. Image source: © Yueze Gao et al 2025
PS It looks like I forgot to blog some of the CW news stories of recent years, I'll list the missing ones here so I have them somewhere on this blog in case I ever get round to updating my publications list.
Proteins behind diatoms’ intricate nanoscale-patterned shells revealed
Chemistry World 5.1.2023
Light-harvesting wheel reinvented by chemists copying bacterium
Chemistry World 7.7. 2020
Hydrogens seen crystal clear in small molecules
Chemistry World 31.5. 2016
For a complete list of all my pieces in Chemistry World, see my profile page.
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