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Summary - Low temperature work and reduced scale apparatus as used by a modern organic chemist in separation processes.
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Module code and title: S344, Organic chemistry: a synthesis approach
Item code: S344; VCR6
First transmission date: 1989
Published: 1989
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Duration: 00:25:00
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Producer: Ted Smith
Contributor: Michael Gagan
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Buchner flask; Butyl; Lithium; Reagent; Recrystallisation; Wilstatter nail
Footage description: Footage - Robert Robertson's paper on annulation reaction. Paper on synthesis of trichodermin (0'22"-1'34") - B10 apparatus. Small scale recrystallisation apparatus. Buchner apparatus (1'43"-3'22") - Wilstatter nail (4'43"-5'39") - Diagram of apparatus without any joints (5'55"-6'11") - Bulb to bulb distillation apparatus. Kugelrohr (6'21"-7'24") - Reagents in fume cupboard (7'43"-7'55") - Diagram of Grignard reaction. Grignard reaction apparatus (8'20"-10'40") - Solution transfer of a reagent using nitrogen pressure (10'58"-14'00") - Salt ice bath. Acetone & dry ice coolant (15'10"-16'15") - Butyl lithium added to a solution of diphenyl acetic acid to generate the dianion (16'33"-19'00").
Master spool number: HOU6342
Production number: FOUS580L
Videofinder number: 3024
Available to public: no