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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Astatine as an anti cancer treatment&#xA;&#xA;I found an interesting article entitled Astatine is a chemistry puzzle that shows anticancer promise so decided to try and build the molecule cited in the article from Molymods. &#xA;&#xA;I am not too sure if I have done this correctly so am asking putting all the information here in the hope someone can perhaps help and advise further.&#xA;&#xA;My main concern here is between the C6H4At - and N2 part, I have had to put in a carbon as I would assume the angle between the two indicates a carbon atom.  This has left 2 Bonds free so not sure if I am meant to attach Hydrogen here. &#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; sandbox=&#34;allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups&#34; src=&#34;https://diode.zone/videos/embed/06179a75-3e87-4955-9f1d-b2b93fa6d8f6&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;So hopefully the above illustrates what I have built, so question is simply is this correct.&#xA;&#xA;There is a thread on Science forums to discuss further here&#xA;&#xA;#science,#model,#anti,#cancer,#drugs,#Astatine&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>I found an interesting article entitled <a href="https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/Astatine-chemistry-puzzle-shows-anticancer/98/i31?utm_campaign=CEN&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter" rel="nofollow">Astatine is a chemistry puzzle that shows anticancer promise</a> so decided to try and build the molecule cited in the article from Molymods.</p>

<p>I am not too sure if I have done this correctly so am asking putting all the information here in the hope someone can perhaps help and advise further.</p>

<p>My main concern here is between the C6H4At – and N2 part, I have had to put in a carbon as I would assume the angle between the two indicates a carbon atom.  This has left 2 Bonds free so not sure if I am meant to attach Hydrogen here.</p>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://diode.zone/videos/embed/06179a75-3e87-4955-9f1d-b2b93fa6d8f6" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<p>So hopefully the above illustrates what I have built, so question is simply is this correct.</p>

<p>There is a thread on <a href="https://www.scienceforums.net" rel="nofollow">Science forums</a> to discuss further <a href="https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/122860-astatine-as-an-anti-cancer-treatment/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>

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