Bis(benzylamine) monomers: One-pot preparation and application in dendrimer scaffolds for removing pyrene from aqueous environments

• Olivia N. Monaco,
• Sarah C. Tomas,
• Meghan K. Kirrane and
• Amy M. Balija

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2320–2327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.266

• hybrid dendrimers could be isolated and used in different solvent environments without being degraded. Due to their hydrophobic periphery and larger size, hybrid dendrimers 11–13 were envisioned as potential scaffolds to encapsulate small molecule organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic

• hydrocarbons (PAHs) [23][24][25]. The presence of PAHs in drinking water is a growing concern due to their carcinogenic properties and persistence in the environment [26][27]. Current methods to remove these hydrocarbons are becoming ineffective. To examine the ability of the hybrid dendrimers to remove small

Shape- persistent macrocycle with intraannular alkyl groups: some structural limits of discotic liquid crystals with an inverted structure

• Sigurd Höger,
• Jill Weber,
• Andreas Leppert and
• Volker Enkelmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 1, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-1

• ). The repeated purification process for all macrocycles was not optimized and is responsible for the rather low yield in the cyclization step. Our recent progress in the synthesis of functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) opened the question about the influence of the presence of PAH