News from the NanoPutians
by Phil on May 27 2008 (2238 Views)Besides having a strange taste in humour, we wacky Europeans are also a bit crazy. Soccer-crazy.
In less than two weeks, the European Football Championship is starting. On this occasion, I would like to present the first bis(alkinylplatinum(II))-based fullerene receptor (1). A fullerene, such as C60 (2) is readily recognised by this box-shaped metal complex. The association reaction can be accelerated by arylacetylene 3, which contains two hydroxylamine functionalities that serve as a catalytic dyad.
(I know this is silly, but I rather like to draw nanoputians…)
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May 27, 2008 - 02:05:40Awesome, nanoputian soccer! Don’t give Tour anymore ideas or he’ll turn it into an other paper.
I’m actually shocked you called it soccer.
I want to make sure it’s unambiguous
Besides, you might also imagine American NanoFootball.
I don’t remember seeing any football shaped fullerenes, closest thing I can remember is the bucky egg (DOI: 10.1021/ja063636k).
Cute!
The one time I work at a synthetic lab, I’m not allowed to take ANY electronic device in. No picture of pretty crystals
“By football, we obviously mean soccer” – Berkeley history professor with a British accent.
You can take in an etch-and-sketch right? :p
Am i watching d soccer or sitting inside the chemistry class?
Hahah , awesome
Cheers!
Soccer Drills
I think what the nanoputian soccer it´s wonderful because the chemistry
is very difficult