Shedding Light on a Cyclic Molecule with a Twist (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Shedding Light on a Cyclic Molecule with a Twist (1 of 2)

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Figure 1.
a) The pi-electron orbit and Mobius loop in 4n organic compounds with Mobius aromatic properties.
b) Structure of the ring-shaped molecule ([28] hexaphyrin) which displays stability because of its Mobius aromatic properties (n=7) in its ground state.

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