Structure of the Molecular Knot with 8 Crossings (IMAGE)

University of Manchester

Structure of the Molecular Knot with 8 Crossings

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The X-ray crystal structure of a 192-atom-loop molecular 819 knot featuring iron ions (shown in purple), oxygen atoms (red), nitrogen atoms (dark blue), carbon atoms (shown in metallic grey, with one of the building blocks shown in light blue) and a single chloride ion (green) at the center of the structure.

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Image credit: Robert W. McGregor (www.mcgregorfineart.com).

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