Featured Molecule: Dibenzyl Terephthalate

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William F. Coleman

Featured Molecule: Dibenzyl Terephthalate

Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481

Randall J. Wildman University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 53715

January Featured Molecule 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 (p 79). Polyethylene terephthalate from 2-liter pop bottles can be recycled by converting it to dibenzyl terephthalate. Fully manipulable (Chime) versions of this and other molecules are available Only@JCE Online at the Web site http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCEWWW/Features/WebWare/ MonthlyMolecules/2003/Jan/.

dibenzyl terephthalate

JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu • Vol. 80 No. XX Month 2003 • Journal of Chemical Education

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