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Benzene-like N6 hexazine rings

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The chemistry of polynitrogens has been enriched by a new isomer of N6 through the synthesis, in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell, of a charged aromatic [N6]4– ring that is recoverable at ambient temperature under high pressure.

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Fig. 1: Schematic representation of the reaction between KN3 and N2.

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Ninet, S. Benzene-like N6 hexazine rings. Nat. Chem. 15, 595–596 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01189-y

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