This molecule is currently the world's most advanced quantum computer -- a 7-qubit quantum that IBM researchers used to conduct the first demonstration of Shor's quantum factiring algorithm.
Each of the five fluorine and two carbon-13 atoms in this molecule can act as a quantum bit, or qubit, to solve mathematical problems because their spins can interact with each other as well as be individually programmed (by radiofrequency pulses) and detected (by nuclear magnetic resonance).
The formal chemical name of this molecule is:
dicarbonylcyclopentadienyl (perfluorobutadien-2-yl) iron (C11H5F5O2Fe )
(also known as: pentafluorobutadienyl cyclopentadienyldicarbonyl-iron complex) [ Magnified Image ] [ Get permission to re-use ]
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