The annual “molecule of the year” results for 2021 are now available … and the winner is <strong> Infinitene </strong> .[1],[2] This is a benzocirculene in the form of a figure eight loop (the infinity symbol), a shape which is also called a <strong> lemniscate </strong> [3] after the mathematical (2D) function due to Bernoulli. The most common class of molecule which exhibits this (well known) motif are hexaphyrins (hexaporphyrins;