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Nature 453, 862-863 (12 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/453862a; Published online 11 June 2008
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Physical chemistry: Cool it, baby
Markku Räsänen1
Abstract
A long-sought but short-lived molecule has been made and characterized for the first time. This compound decays at low temperatures using an unusual trick — a mechanism known as quantum tunnelling.
Chemists are now so skilled at making organic compounds that you might think that all the smallest molecules (containing fewer than 10 atoms) have been made and characterized. This might be true for stable molecules, but some compounds that have weak bonding or high reactivity are short-lived, and have remained elusive.
- Markku Räsänen is in the Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Email: markku.rasanen@helsinki.fi
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Capture of hydroxymethylene and its fast disappearance through tunnellingNature Letters to Editor (12 Jun 2008)
