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How to make something down at the molecular level so that it's got a certain structure and a certain set of chemical properties.
How to make something down at the molecular level so that it's got a certain structure and a certain set of chemical properties.
| Module code and title: | S246, Organic chemistry |
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| Item code: | S246; 01; 1990 |
| First transmission date: | 17-02-1990 |
| Published: | 1990 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Tony Jolly |
| Contributors: | Alan Bassindale; Harry Kroto |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Buckminster fullerine; Cages; Carbon/hydrogen; Chains; Diels-Alder reaction; Hoops; Molecular assembly; Nitrogen/oxygen; Synthesis |
| Subject terms: | Chemistry, organic; Molecular structure |
| Footage description: | aFootage - University of Sussex (1'08"-1'11") - Models of diamond & graphite (1'40"-1'55") - Model of C60 (1'58"-2'08") - Experiment on carbon clusters using a Mass Spectrometer (2'10"-3'17") - Giant fullerene (3'17"-3'46") - Model of 12-collarene (5'25"-5'45") - Graphic of Diels-Alder Reaction (5'57"-6'02") - Models of polymacrocycle, Kohnkene, hydrocarbons, parazylene, macrocyclic polyether, paraquat & 2-catonene (6'32"-8'42") - Graphic of benzene ring stations (8'43"-8'51") - Model of polymeric chains (8'52"-9'07") - Graphic of reagent molecular structure. Bottles of reagents mixed with a solution, the formula is revealed on a T-shirt (10'48"-11'02") - Graphic of the Periodic Table, closing in on osmium (11'03"-11'14") - Computer graphic of stilbene (11'33"-11'57"). Producing the carbon dio product using acetone & water, osmium tetroxide, chiral alkaloid ligand, oliphin and an oxident (11'58"-13'24") - Graphic of Periodic Table (13'29"-13'37") - Model of haemoglobin (13'45"-15'22") - Slides of haem, myoglobin, 3D model of catporphorin, cap structure of tetraaldehyde molecule (15'23"-17'29) - Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (17'40"-17'55") Fume cupboard tetraaldehyde added to final element to make porphorin (17'58"-18'25") - Slide of tetraaldehyde molecule. Tetraaldehyde, a purple crystalline solid, in a bottle (18'26"-19'06") - Film of blood pumping through veins (19'07"-19'12") - Coral & it's branch assembly. Model of ammonia (19'53"-20'47") - Still 25 generations of growth of starburst dendrimer (20'48"-21'21") - Molecular model 5th generation dendrimer (21'22"-21'33"). Computer simulation 7th generation starburst dendrimer (21'34"-22'01") - Computer image, haemoglobin molecule (22'15"-22'22") - Still of applications and properties of starburst dendrimers (22'46"-23'00"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU6800 |
| Production number: | FOUS614B |
| Videofinder number: | 3723 |
| Available to public: | no |
