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Cover Picture: Tetranitromethane: A Nightmare of Molecular Flexibility in the Gaseous and Solid States (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2017)
Author(s) -
Vishnevskiy Yury V.,
Tikhonov Denis S.,
Schwabedissen Jan,
Stammler HansGeorg,
Moll Richard,
Krumm Burkhard,
Klapötke Thomas M.,
Mitzel Norbert W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201706569
Subject(s) - tetranitromethane , nightmare , flexibility (engineering) , cover (algebra) , molecule , materials science , chemistry , physics , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , nitration , psychology , psychotherapist
After 70 years of numerous attempts to determine the structure of the high‐energy molecule tetranitromethane, it has become possible to describe the electron and X‐ray scattering data of the gas and two solid phases, respectively. In their Communication on page 9619 ff., N. W. Mitzel et al. report a structural analysis of this nightmare of molecular flexibility. The cover picture shows Johann Heinrich Füssli′s “The Nightmare” from 1790, a model of the solid high‐temperature phase, and an ignition experiment.