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Frontispiece: “Pyrene Box” Cages for the Confinement of Biogenic Amines
Author(s) -
Feng WeiXu,
van der Lee Arie,
Legrand YvesMarie,
Petit Eddy,
Su ChengYong,
Barboiu Mihail
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201781762
Subject(s) - pyrene , happiness , crystallization , dopamine , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , organic chemistry , biology , psychology , social psychology , neuroscience
The pursuit of happiness : the molecules responsible for the emotions of reward and happiness have been entrapped within crystalline nano‐cages. Serotonin, dopamine and histamine, which are normally difficult to crystallize, have been easily captured in water within pyrene‐box cages made of pyrenetetrasulfonate anions and guanidinium cations. Through this crystallization, a greater amount of structural information on these precious neuromodulators can be obtained. For more details, see the Communication M. Barboiu et al. on page 4037 ff.