Unusual bicyclic molecule extends frontier of aromaticity
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Katrina Krämer2017-07-31T16:00:00
![Top view of the single-crystal X-ray diffraction structure of a dithienothiophene (DTT)-bridged [34]octaphyrin](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/3/6/2/132362_Bicyclic-Baird-type-aromaticity-fig-1-c.jpg)
Odd resonance stabilisation observed in ground state opens door to studying poorly understood phenomenon
The first compound that shows a peculiar form of resonance stabilisation in its ground state known as bicycloaromaticity has been made by an international team of researchers.