I know a lot of people don't have access to these journals, so I try and avoid links to walled content, but there's a review article on fenestranes and planar carbon in Chemical Reviews some might enjoy. Check out "Carbon Flatland: Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon and Fenestranes."
Check out the Fenestrane/Windowpane entry again if you like.
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