NONEXISTENT COMPOUNDS AS A GUIDE TO INNOVATION
A study of nonexistent compounds can be a useful exercise in gaining insight into the factors that can inhibit innovation. Several reasons are suggested: lack of financial support, disinterest in preparing compounds that lack evident utility, notable synthetic challenges with inadequate
rewards, inhibition by well-established contemporary knowledge, and invalid interpolations.
Keywords: Argon; Autohypnosis; Innovation; Isomers; Noble gases; Xenon
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 17 December 2014
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