sulflower
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Sulflower (a portmanteau of sulfur and sunflower) is a stable heterocyclic octacirculene based on thiophene. Sulflower does not contain any hydrogen. With molecular formula (C2S)8 the compound is considered a type of carbon sulfide. The molecule is flat and together with the 9-membered homolog is at a local strain energy minimum.
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- Named after
- sulfur
- Mass
- 447.7765680000001
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- canonical SMILES
- C12=C3SC4=C1C5=C(S4)SC6=C5C7=C(S6)SC8=C7C9=C(S8)SC(=C29)S3
- chemical formula
- C₁₆S₈
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Sulflower (a portmanteau of sulfur and sunflower) is a stable heterocyclic octacirculene based on thiophene. Sulflower does not contain any hydrogen. With molecular formula (C2S)8 the compound is considered a type of carbon sulfide. The molecule is flat and together with the 9-membered homolog is at a local strain energy minimum.
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