Industrial chemicals: A new breed of stable anti-aromatic compound
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
The novel compound is a new chapter in a story that began in 1825, when English scientist Michael Faraday first isolated benzene from gas lights. Benzene would later be identified as one of a class of compounds known as aromatics, which have immense importance in both biological function and industrial production.