https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201017194219.htm

Organic chemist Hiroshi Shinokubo and physical organic chemist Norihito Fukui of Nagoya University work on designing new, interesting molecules using organic, or carbon-containing, compounds. In the lab, they synthesized an aromatic hydrocarbon called methoxy-substituted as-indacenoterrylene. This molecule has a unique structure, as its methoxy groups are located internally rather than at its periphery.

"Initially, we wanted to see if this hydrocarbon demonstrated novel phenomena due to its unique structure," says Fukui.