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Reply to comment by sea_of_joy__ in Aromatic hexazine rings — [N₆]⁴⁻ — an all-nitrogen analogue of benzene, have finally been synthesized by researchers using high-pressure, laser-heated synthesis. The hexazine rings are present within a complex K₉N₅₆ structure containing [N₆]⁴⁻ and [N₅]⁻ rings as well as neutral nitrogen dimers. by MurphysLab

These molecules help chemists to understand the properties of aromatic molecules. Think of it as a single data point, but the most difficult data point for the experiment; one which no one has ever been able to get before. But that data point answers questions about the nature of several other chemical compounds.

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