Name that molecule

16 September 2010 - Marketing

sigmaAldrichPromo_120910.jpg The Sigma-Aldrich company on its website is showing an add for their new Chem Files product. But is the molecule depicted deliberately not supposed to exist? Black usually is carbon, blue is nitrogen and red is oxygen. The central oxygen atom with 4 neighbors is problematic. A substructure search confirmed the company does not sell it.

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