corannulene

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences The parent compound of this group