Chemists reinvent the wheel

By Jennifer Newton2017-10-07T09:03:00

Niobium-gold compound showing the niobium triple bond

Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond

Scientists in the US have made a new molecular wheel. The bimetallic cluster, Nb₂Au₆^-, consists of a Nb≡Nb tripled bonded unit surrounded by a Au₆ ring.