Tuesday

SEX Molecule

I've had the chemical structure for Sodium Ethyl Xanthate up for quite a while, which bears the acronym "SEX", but there is another molecule that is more deserving of the name:
SEX molecule chemical structure (Todd Helmenstine)
This molecule does not exist in nature, but the structure is amusing. The systematic name for SEX is [3-[2-[3-[7-[2-[[3-[[4-benzyl-3-hydroxy-2-[3-hydroxy-4-(3-hydroxy ​ propyl)phenyl]phenyl]-hydroxy-methyl]-4-[2-[3-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl]propyl]cyclohexyl]methyl]phenoxy]-2-[4-[3-[(4-ethyl-2,3-dihydroxy-phenyl)methyl]phenyl]-3-[2-[2-[2-hydroxy-3-[3-[2-[3-(2-tetra ​ hydropyran-2-ylethyl)phenyl]ethyl]phenyl]cyclohexyl]ethyl]phenyl]​ butyl]-9,10-dihydroanthracen-1-yl]-1,2-dihydroxy-propyl]-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-phenyl]phenyl]-[2,6-dihydroxy-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl]methanone.



Thanks to : Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.,

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