Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6  - Nature The facile synthesis and spectroscopic identification of previously unreported hexanitrogen C2h-N6 is described, representing experimentally realized neutral molecular nitrogen allotropes beyond N2 th...

Hexanitrogen is a potential new way of storing energy, however previous attempts have shown that similar compounds tend to explode if not frozen. This offers a room temperature stable version.

Samsung still intends on using the original compound in its S26 smartphones.

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6  - Nature The facile synthesis and spectroscopic identification of previously unreported hexanitrogen C2h-N6 is described, representing experimentally realized neutral molecular nitrogen allotropes beyond N2 that exhibit unexpected stability.

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6 | Discussion

Scientists finally synthesize stable neutral nitrogen allotrope via room temperature gas-phase reaction Nitrogen finally joins the elite tier of elements like carbon that can form neutral allotropes—different structural forms of a single chemical element.

A stable, neutral hexanitrogen (N6) allotrope has been synthesized at room temperature, marking a significant advance in nitrogen chemistry and potential high-energy material applications. doi.org/g9qj7v

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6 – Nature

Discussion

Screenshot of text: N6 is most-energetic molecule ever made Scientists have identified the first stable nitrogen molecule other than good old dinitrogen, which makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere. ‘Hexanitrogen’ has (you guessed it) six N atoms, but “it’s more like two times N3 than three times N2,” explains chemist Artur Mardyukov, who co-authored the research. This arrangement gives N6 a weak point in the middle, so it’s only stable when extremely cold. “This work is spectacular and, in my opinion, is worthy of a Nobel prize,” says chemist Karl Christe. But don’t ask for a flask of hexanitrogen in your Christmas stocking: when it does break down, it releases double the energy of HMX, the most powerful chemical explosive in the world.

I never understood how anyone can hate chemistry (and sooo many people appear to) with results like this!

Via @nature.com briefing

A new nitrogen allotrope has been created at last Chemists string 6 nitrogen atoms together to make hexanitrogen

Chemists have created and isolated the neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen, or N₆—a string of six nitrogen atoms held together by four double bonds and one single bond in the molecule’s center. cen.acs.org/materials/in... #chemsky 🧪

Most energetic molecule ever made is stable – in liquid nitrogen Nitrogen allotrope releases double the energy of the most powerful chemical explosives

‘It’s more like two times N3 than three times N2’
The synthesis of hexanitrogen, the most energetic molecule ever synthesised, was made possible by rethinking what makes nitrogen compounds stable.

Most energetic molecule ever made is stable – in liquid nitrogen Nitrogen allotrope releases double the energy of the most powerful chemical explosives

The most energetic molecule ever, and only the second ever neutral nitrogen molecule, hexanitrogen, has been isolated and characterised by researchers in Germany. #ChemSky

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6  - Nature The facile synthesis and spectroscopic identification of previously unreported hexanitrogen C2h-N6 is described, representing experimentally realized neutral molecular nitrogen allotropes beyond N2 that exhibit unexpected stability.

Nature research paper: Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6

https://go.nature.com/45mIj65

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Chemiker der #JLUGiessen stellen erstmals #Hexastickstoff her. Künftige Anwendung als umweltfreundlicher #Energiespeicher denkbar – @nature.com-Veröffentlichung von @prsgroup.bsky.social www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

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Trocken gefallenes Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres mit exponiertem Seeboden mit Muscheln.

Rapider Rückgang des Kaspischen Meeres durch den #Klimawandel bedroht gefährdete #Robben, Küstengemeinschaften und #Wirtschaft und erfordert Handeln – Internationale Studie unter Beteiligung der #JLUGiessen www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... #KaspischesMeer

Hauptgebäude der Universität Gießen im Konfettiregen

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Prof. Peter Schreiner mit einem blauen Molekülmodell.

#Schrödinger-Medaille für Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner: Chemiker der #JLUGiessen von der World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists (WATOC) ausgezeichnet - Bahnbrechende Forschung zu #Quantentunnel-Effekten und zu Londonschen #Dispersionswechselwirkungen www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Time to enjoy organic reaction mechanisms and honoring our esteemed colleague Peter Chen from ETHZ! See you there!