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What is the term 'chicken wire' used to describe in chemistry?
What is the term 'chicken wire' used to describe in chemistry?
The term 'chicken wire' is used to describe the similarity of the regular hexagonal patterns found in certain chemical compounds to the mesh structure commonly seen in real chicken wire.
Give an example of a chemical compound with a hexagonal structure described as chicken wire-like.
Give an example of a chemical compound with a hexagonal structure described as chicken wire-like.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or graphenes—including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphite—have a hexagonal structure that is often described as chicken wire-like.
What are some other types of chemical compounds that may have a hexagonal structure described as chicken wire-like?
What are some other types of chemical compounds that may have a hexagonal structure described as chicken wire-like?
Non-aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons, e.g. steroids like cholesterol, flat hexagonal hydrogen bonded trimesic acid (benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid), boric acid, or melamine-cyanuric acid complexes, interwoven molecule chains in the inorganic polymer NaAuS, and complexes of the protein clathrin.
What is the significance of 'chicken wire' in bond line notation?
What is the significance of 'chicken wire' in bond line notation?
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How is the term 'chicken wire' related to the structure of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons?
How is the term 'chicken wire' related to the structure of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons?
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