Scientists in Italy have made a molecule with one of each of the 2p-block elements. Well, almost. There’s no neon in FBNCO but it would be a bit unfair to expect them to include an element with no known chemistry.
Read the full article in Chemistry World»
You can read the original journal article in ChemComm – it’s free to access until 17th November 2014:
All the 2p-block elements in a molecule: experimental and theoretical studies of FBNCO and FBNCO+
Anna Troiani, Stefania Garzoli, Federico Pepi, Andreina Ricci, Marzio Rosi, Chiara Salvitti and Giulia de Petris
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05217J
