Chemists have synthesized the first stable molecule whose chirality is solely attributed to a stereogenic oxygen, according to a new study (Nature 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05719-z).

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Using computer simulations, researchers have shown that the oxygen molecule (O 2) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million times higher than atmosphere pressure.

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