Crown Ethers
Azimuth 2025-10-11
Summary:
Students who memorize organic chemistry consider it torture. But to explore it is a delight. It’s like the difference between being force-fed and grazing at a buffet. For example, I recently learned about ‘crown ethers‘: beautiful crown-shaped molecules of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Above is a ball-and-stick model of a crown ether called 15-crown-5. Why […]