On-surface synthesis of a doubly anti-aromatic carbon allotrope: cyclo [16] carbon

Y Gao, F Albrecht, I Rončević, I Ettedgui, P Kumar… - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
Cyclocarbons are rings of carbon atoms, often formed as gas-phase carbon clusters. The
only cyclocarbons yet to be well characterized are C10 and C18, which are doubly aromatic …