Chemistry In Context
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ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
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Chapter 12, Problem 51Q
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin first determined the structure of a naturally occurring penicillin compound. What in her background prepared her to make this discovery? Write a short report on the results of your findings, citing your sources.
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Chemistry In Context
Ch. 12.1 - Skill Building Finding Equilibrium Glucose and...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 12.3YTCh. 12.1 - Prob. 12.4YTCh. 12.2 - Prob. 12.5YTCh. 12.2 - Prob. 12.6YTCh. 12.2 - A practicing scientist must Judge a potential...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 12.8YTCh. 12.3 - Skill Building Checking on Carbon a. Examine the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 12.10YTCh. 12.3 - Prob. 12.11YT
Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 12.12YTCh. 12.4 - Prob. 12.13YTCh. 12.4 - Skill Building Functional Groups in Dopamine Draw...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 12.15YTCh. 12.5 - Prob. 12.16YTCh. 12.5 - Prob. 12.17YTCh. 12.6 - Prob. 12.18YTCh. 12.6 - Prob. 12.19YTCh. 12.6 - The structures of proteins, such as the ones shown...Ch. 12.7 - Reconsider your work in past chapters. List three...Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 12.22YTCh. 12.7 - Prob. 12.23YTCh. 12.8 - Prob. 12.24YTCh. 12.8 - Prob. 12.25YTCh. 12.9 - Skill Building Ester Formation Draw structural...Ch. 12.9 - Prob. 12.27YTCh. 12.9 - You Decide Supersize My Aspirin A friend who...Ch. 12.9 - Modern methods of drug discovery involve...Ch. 12.10 - Make two lists of drugs for each of the two...Ch. 12.10 - See for yourself the shapes of drug molecules by...Ch. 12.10 - Prob. 12.33YTCh. 12.10 - Prob. 12.34YTCh. 12 - Scientific Practices Follow the Hormone Using the...Ch. 12 - The field of chemistry has many sub-disciplines....Ch. 12 - Prob. 2QCh. 12 - Prob. 4QCh. 12 - Nitrous acid (HNO2) has a Ka value of 4.0 10 4,...Ch. 12 - Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation and Table...Ch. 12 - Write the structural formula and line-angle...Ch. 12 - Prob. 8QCh. 12 - Prob. 9QCh. 12 - Prob. 10QCh. 12 - Prob. 11QCh. 12 - Prob. 12QCh. 12 - Estradiol is relatively insoluble in water but...Ch. 12 - Prob. 14QCh. 12 - Prob. 15QCh. 12 - Prob. 16QCh. 12 - Define and relate the two terms: hormone and...Ch. 12 - Refer to Figure 11.17. Select two examples of...Ch. 12 - Prob. 19QCh. 12 - Molecules as diverse as cholesterol, sex hormones,...Ch. 12 - Prob. 21QCh. 12 - Prob. 22QCh. 12 - Prob. 23QCh. 12 - Sulfanilamide is the simplest sulfa drug, a type...Ch. 12 - Explain why an equilibrium constant cannot tell...Ch. 12 - Use the information in Table 12.1 to redraw Figure...Ch. 12 - Draw structural formulas for each of these...Ch. 12 - In Your Turn 12.12, you were asked to draw...Ch. 12 - Prob. 29QCh. 12 - Prob. 30QCh. 12 - Prob. 31QCh. 12 - Prob. 32QCh. 12 - Prob. 34QCh. 12 - Prob. 35QCh. 12 - Prob. 36QCh. 12 - Prob. 37QCh. 12 - Prob. 38QCh. 12 - The text states that some racemic mixtures contain...Ch. 12 - Prob. 40QCh. 12 - Prob. 41QCh. 12 - Prob. 44QCh. 12 - Prob. 47QCh. 12 - Prob. 49QCh. 12 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin first determined the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 52Q
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