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    12/29/2006

    2006 star molecule


    Dream Molecule:

    Chemistry is a chimera of science and art:

    Left: Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh (Copyright, Neue Pinakothek, Munich). Right: Types of annulated oligothiophenes: sulflower (1), linear 2, helical 3, and circulenic 4.

    Oriented by theoretical calculation:

    Calculated strain and geometries for fully thiophenic circulenes (n=number of thiophene rings). S yellow, C gray.