Recent Structures

The following shows a selection of recently published structures with links to their references.

Next to each picture is the bibliographic reference, and a hyperlink to our references page. The static pictures shown on this page have been generated using the excellent freeware persistence of vision program POV-Ray.

If you hover your mouse over a picture you should see a larger version, while clicking on the picture will yield an interactive Jmol display of that structure. [Provided that you have Java enabled in your browser.]

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Fluorine News
the structure of the organofluorine metallic compound Hg(CF=CF2)2

Hg(CF=CF2)2
Characterised by Xray & electron diffraction. And featured in MITs OpenCourseware!

Fluorine
An asthma inhaler

Inhaler Propellant
The propellant in many inhalers is an inert hydrofluorocarbon compound. The same material used in air-conditioners.