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Carbon is the centralelement of organic chemistry: it is the basis of our own bodies, and features significantly in every organic compound that we make use of. Two chemicals are explored: the first... is an aphid alarm pheromone which has a use in pest control, and the second is a precursor of a drug used in the control of heart disease. In both cases the chemical exists in two different forms - called isomers - and only one of the forms fulfills the required function, so careful manipulation during the manufacturing stage needs to be undertaken, to ensure that only the useful form is released into the environment, or taken as a medicine.
Carbon is the centralelement of organic chemistry: it is the basis of our own bodies, and features significantly in every organic compound that we make use of. Two chemicals are explored: the first... is an aphid alarm pheromone which has a use in pest control, and the second is a precursor of a drug used in the control of heart disease. In both cases the chemical exists in two different forms - called isomers - and only one of the forms fulfills the required function, so careful manipulation during the manufacturing stage needs to be undertaken, to ensure that only the useful form is released into the environment, or taken as a medicine.
| Module code and title: | S102, Science: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | S102; 17 |
| First transmission date: | 1988 |
| Published: | 1988 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Nick Watson |
| Contributors: | John Pickett; David Roberts |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Betafarnasene; Drug manufacture; Glycidyl Butyrate; Isomerism; Pest control; Pheremones; Rothamstead Experimental Station |
| Subject terms: | Carbon; Heart--Diseases; Insects; Biochemistry; Chemistry, Organic |
| Master spool number: | HOU5659 |
| Production number: | FOUS462R |
| Videofinder number: | 1890 |
| Available to public: | no |
