A team of researchers have used chemistry to create a star-shaped molecule, which was once considered too unstable to create. The innovative achievement could be a potential means of creating more efficient medicinal agents, according to the recent study from the Australian National University.
"This proof that we can make a compound that so many people thought couldn't be made opens up a world of new possibilities," said Professor Michael Sherburn in a news release, who is a synthetic chemist in the ANU Research School of Chemistry.
Radialene is an organic compound comprised of carbon and hydrogen, and that's connected by ring-like structures. It is very common in the chemical industry, where its ring features are necessary to make many things, from cosmetics to cancer drugs, according to the news release.
"Hyper-reactive molecules like radialenes form more stable substances very quickly. Their reactions are some of the most powerful chemical transformations known," Sherburn said.
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