[5] Radialene, the Elusive Star (IMAGE)

Australian National University

[5] Radialene, the Elusive Star

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Chemists have created a star-shaped molecule previously thought to be too unstable to be made. The team created the five-pronged molecule [5]radialene, in work that could lead to more efficient ways to make medicinal agents.

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Diane Robinson and Michael Sherburn.

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