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The basis of concerted reactions and how calculated potential energy surfaces can be used to predict the mechanisms for these reactions.
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Module code and title: S304, The nature of chemistry
Item code: S304; 19
First transmission date: 1978
Published: 1978
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Duration: 00:24:00
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Producer: Barrie Whatley
Contributors: John Coyle; Michael Dewar
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Antarafacial; Conrotatory; Dimethoxy; Disrotatory; Stereospecific; Suprafacial
Footage description: Footage - Nucleophilic substitution of one of the methoxy groups of 1,2,dimethoxy-4-nitrobenzene by hydroxy (0'04"-1'19") - Graphic of cycloaddition reactions (1'20"-2'00") - Definition of pericyclic reaction (2'30"-2'42") - Model of nucleophilic substitution of an alkyl halide with hydroxide ion (4'02"-4'45") - Graphic of electrocyclic reaction. Model of diene. Models of cyclobutene products (5'27"-6'41") - Disrotatory & conrotatory animation (6'42"-8'10") - Suprafacial animation. Models of 4 isomers of tetramethylcyclobutane (8'33"-11'37") - Animation of suprafacial-antarafacial cycloaddition (11'38"-12'46") - Animation of antarafacial-antarafacial cycloaddition. Graphic of geometrical relationships between cis-2-butene & isomers of 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-cyclobutene (13'05"-14'13") - Graphic of photochemical cycloaddition of acetone and 2-butene to give an oxetane. Graphic of stereospecific Diels-Alder reaction (14'29"-15'50"). Graphic of interconversion of butadiene & cyclobutene (16'24"-16'40") - Graphic of angle rotation of methylene group (17'02"-17'25") - Graphic of disrotatory & conrotatory process. Model of potential energy surface of cyclobutene. Graphic of 4 isomers of butadiene (17'29"-24'14").
Master spool number: 6HT/72279
Production number: 00525_1227
Videofinder number: 903
Available to public: no