Sandwich compounds are special chemical compounds used as basic building blocks in organometallic chemistry. So far, their structure has always been linear. Recently, researchers made stacked sandwich ...

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In this episode, Philip Bevilacqua from Pennsylvania State University talks about the world of RNA chemistry. Learn about the innovative research being conducted in RNA chemistry, the challenges ...

Amino acids from asteroid Bennu suggest that some of life’s building blocks formed in icy conditions in the early solar system.

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The new molecular structure in which sandwich complexes form a nano-sized ring is called 'cyclocene.' Credit: Nature / AOC, KIT The new molecular structure in which sandwich complexes form a ...

Sandwich complexes were developed about 70 years ago and have a sandwich-like structure. Two flat aromatic organic rings (the “slices of bread”) are filled with a single, central metal atom in between ...