The WebWare molecule for January is from the article "Chemical Recycling of Pop Bottles: The Synthesis of Dibenzyl Terephthalate from the Plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate" by Craig J. Donahue, Jennifer A. Exline, and Cynthia Warner. Polyethylene terephthalate from 2-liter pop bottles can be recycled by converting it to dibenzyl terephthalate.
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