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Featured Molecule: Dibenzyl Terephthalate
William F. Coleman
Chemistry Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481

Randall J. Wildman
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

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January 2003
Vol. 80 No. 1
p. 75

Full Text
The WebWare molecule for January is from the article "Chemical Recycling of Pop Bottles: The Synthesis of Dibenzyl Terephthalate from the Plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate" by Craig J. Donahue, Jennifer A. Exline, and Cynthia Warner. Polyethylene terephthalate from 2-liter pop bottles can be recycled by converting it to dibenzyl terephthalate.

Additional versions of this and other molecules are available at JCE WebWare.

Static image of dibenzyl terephthalate.

Figure 1. Dibenzyl terephthalate molecule. Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom)

More Information
*  Citation
Coleman, William F.; Wildman, Randall J. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 75.
*  Keywords
Molecular Modeling / Dynamics; Molecular Properties / Structure; Teaching / Learning Aids; Internet / Web-Based Materials
*  History
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Last Updated:
December 5, 2002
February 28, 2005
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