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The Chempics team saw this group of crystals on the Instagram feed of Durham University PhD student Rob Ives and wanted to know more. The compound is Cucurbit[6]uril, and it’s part of Ives’s graduate work on “nonconvalent control of shapeshifting molecules,” he says, adding mysteriously, “that’s all I can really say for now, I’m afraid.” A little digging reveals the satisfyingly symmetrical structure for Cucurbit[6]uril shown. Well, Rob, you’ve piqued our curiosity!
Credit: Rob Ives, Durham University (@rob_ives on Instagram)
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