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  • ExBox snares polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    10/19/2012 10:07:43 PM PDT · by neverdem · 17 replies
    Chemistry World ^ | 15 October 2012 | Simon Hadlington
    The macrocycle can trap polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons US chemists have designed a novel macrocyclic molecule that may be able to scavenge an important class of toxic hydrocarbons from the environment. The rectangular cyclophane can trap a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – PAHs – several of which are carcinogenic. The molecule, dubbed ExBox, was shown to remove PAHs from a sample of crude oil. Additionally, the crystallised complex of ExBox and particular PAHs contain stacked aromatic rings which could have novel or unusual electronic properties.The team, at Northwestern University in Illinois, constructed the cyclophane by taking an extended...