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Topic: Molecule follies
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bittersweet
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2474
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posted 02 December 2004 11:13 PM
And now here's something I think you'll really like. Or is at least completely different.The follies of molecule makers quote: Yes, believe it or not, there is actually a molecule called Arsole... and it's a ring! It is the arsenic equivalent of pyrrole, and although it is rarely found in its pure form, it is occasionally seen as a sidegroup in the form of organic arsolyls. For more information, see the paper with probably the best title of any scientific paper I've ever come across: "Studies on the Chemistry of the Arsoles", G. Markl and H. Hauptmann, J. Organomet. Chem., 248 (1983) 269. Contrary to popular belief, however, the arsoles are not aromatic...
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