Based on your conjecture, would you find chrysene or triphenylene an even better initiators?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clar's_rule#Aromaticity T On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Blanton > > ... Although there *were* some penetrating aromas on those southern August > Sundays when the engineers were allow to work on the machinery ... > > Well, I'm sure those ramblin' wrecks were a head of their time, and > phenanthrene is found in cigarette smoke, and presumably other volatile tars > as well... but getting back to what makes it unusual, in regard to FRET - is > the photo-activity and fluorescence combined with the aromagnetism. Notice > the way the protons located on carbons 4 and 5 on the stick model here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenanthrene > > almost touch. That would possibly be the active site for some kind of LENR > effect. And the fact that the molecule can be aligned easily may shed some > light, so to speak on what Mizuno has discovered. > > Looking back in the archive, I see we did explore some facets of this, esp. > in re: Les Case. His effect was difficult to reproduce and it "could have" > related to whether phenanthrene was in the starting material or not. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg29270.html > > Jones > > > > >
