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eppur_se_muova

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5. Line formula and XRD structure, for anyone who's interested ...

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Mar 26, 2021, 11:44 AM

Mar 2021

I felt compelled to look this up to see if it was derived from brominated biphenyls or biphenyl ethers, which were once widely used as flame inhibitors. Looks like no ... but now I wonder if some of the harmful PBB isomers might be near-isosteres of aetokthonotoxin, and have similar effects.

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Line formula and XRD structure, for anyone who's interested ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #5