Connecting carbon by catalysis to create octagonal structures (IMAGE)

Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University

Connecting carbon by catalysis to create octagonal structures

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A new synthesis method creates curved octagonal structures by linking benzene rings.

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Issey Takahashi

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