Aromatic 5-silicon rings synthesized at last

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snitty
>Move over cyclopentadiene anion—there’s a new five-membered aromatic ring in town, and this one is made of silicon.CHEM-Es are build a little different from the rest of us.
JackFr
Dilithium is a real thing. Who knew?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilithium
rbanffy
Any possible applications?
cubefox
So what was their aroma like?
YarickR2
So, we have a chance to reduce our usage of volatile hydrocarbons. Silicon-based chemicals should not burn as easily as CH-based ones.