Move over cyclopentadiene anion—there’s a new five-membered aromatic ring in town, and this one is made of silicon. Two research teams working independently report the first examples of ...

The history of ‘everyone’s favorite hexagon’ illustrates the resonance of basic science and how discoveries build over time ...

Fundamental breakthroughs in the natural sciences are rare. Progress is usually made in small steps, with knowledge slowly accumulating as more pieces of the puzzle fall into place. Now, however, ...

While molecules with a single cavity have been extensively studied in solution, the solution state functions of polycavity materials remain elusive owing to their synthetic inaccessibility. Porous ...

Figure 1: Structural delineation and previous example of an aromatic ene reaction. Table 1 Examples of the HDDA-initiated aromatic ene reaction. Full size table Figure 4: Studies giving insight into ...

The term aromaticity is a basic, long-standing concept in chemistry that is well established for ring-shaped carbon compounds. Aromatic rings consisting solely of metal atoms were, however, heretofore ...

Recently, Camus, the largest of the family owned Cognac producers, released a new addition to its core range of Cognacs—labeled Intensely Aromatic. The Cognacs were the culmination of a two-decade ...

Wine may be categorized in several different ways, the most obvious being the three basic types — white, red and rose. Within each category are several different sub-designations. People who ...