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		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;black&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The spectra shows a maxima at approximately 440nm, which corresponds to the absorption of blue light and so the chemical appears orange.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Zechmeister; Pinckard (J. Am. Chem. Soc), 1947&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. Caris-Veyrat, Catherine; Amiot, Marie-Josephe; Ramasseul, Rene; Marchon, Jean-Claude (New J. Chem), 2001.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3. http://www.par-chem.com&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
5. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
6. http://www.emolecules.com&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4801</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4801"/>
		<updated>2006-11-01T19:37:56Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;black&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. http://pubchem.com/chemical/Salmeterol_xinafoate.html&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
3. http://www.emolecules.com&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsDrugs/Salmeterolcd.html&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4783</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4783"/>
		<updated>2006-10-31T17:17:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The spectra shows a maxima at approximately 440nm, which corresponds to the absorption of blue light and so the chemical appears orange.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Zechmeister; Pinckard (J. Am. Chem. Soc), 1947&lt;br /&gt;
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2. Caris-Veyrat, Catherine; Amiot, Marie-Josephe; Ramasseul, Rene; Marchon, Jean-Claude (New J. Chem), 2001.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. http://www.par-chem.com&lt;br /&gt;
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4. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
5. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
6. http://www.emolecules.com&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4782</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4782"/>
		<updated>2006-10-31T17:12:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. http://pubchem.com/chemical/Salmeterol_xinafoate.html&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
3. http://www.emolecules.com&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsDrugs/Salmeterolcd.html&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4743</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4743"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T21:46:24Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;NO&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==&#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4741</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4741"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:56:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The spectra shows a maxima at approximately 440nm, which corresponds to the absorption of blue light and so the chemical appears orange.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
1. Zechmeister; Pinckard (J. Am. Chem. Soc), 1947&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. Caris-Veyrat, Catherine; Amiot, Marie-Josephe; Ramasseul, Rene; Marchon, Jean-Claude (New J. Chem), 2001.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4740</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4740"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:55:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==&#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4739</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4739"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:54:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The spectra shows a maxima at approximately 440nm, which corresponds to the absorption of blue light and so the chemical appears orange.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
1. Zechmeister; Pinckard (J. Am. Chem. Soc), 1947&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4738</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4738"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:50:23Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
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==&#039;&#039;&#039;References&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. Caris-Veyrat, Catherine; Amiot, Marie-Josephe; Ramasseul, Rene; Marchon, Jean-Claude (New J. Chem), 2001.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4737</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4737"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:49:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;br /&gt;
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==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Caris-Veyrat, Catherine; Amiot, Marie-Josephe; Ramasseul, Rene; Marchon, Jean-Claude (New J. Chem), 2001.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4736</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4736"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:35:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The spectra shows a maxima at approximately 440nm, which corresponds to the absorption of blue light and so the chemical appears orange.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4735</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4735"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:27:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|UV-Vis Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4734</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4734"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:23:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This [http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/carotene/beta-carotene_synthesis.html mechanism] was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4733</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4733"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:21:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/search?t=ss&amp;amp;q=beta+carotene 7235-40-7]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4732</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4732"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:15:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BCarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BCarotene.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4731</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4731"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:14:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BCarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4729</id>
		<title>File:BCarotene.JPG</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BCarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4729"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:09:49Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: 2D Structure&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;2D Structure&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4728</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4728"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T16:09:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;2D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[bCarotene.jpg|thumb|left|200|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4724</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4724"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:45:56Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat soluble, practically insoluble in water&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4723</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4723"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:44:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat Soluble&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES string&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|CC2(C)CCCC(\C)=C2\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C(\C)=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(/C)CCCC1(C)C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4722</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4722"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:42:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &#039;&#039;&#039;3D Sructure&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 30-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  30-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C           0     -11.746  -1.374   1.712  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0     -12.430  -0.642   0.556  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0     -13.083  -1.665  -0.377  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0     -13.505   0.294   1.113  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0     -14.003   1.195  -0.024  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0     -12.872   2.147  -0.421  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0     -11.604   1.377  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0     -10.492   2.047  -1.412  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0     -11.407   0.146  -0.209  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0     -10.159  -0.469  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -9.007   0.119  -0.062  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0      -7.768  -0.472  -0.362  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -7.716  -1.758  -1.147  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0      -6.610   0.118   0.057  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -5.373  -0.430  -0.306  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -4.208   0.103   0.201  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -2.972  -0.444  -0.162  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -2.915  -1.617  -1.106  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -1.806   0.090   0.345  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -0.568  -0.377  -0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0       0.596   0.084   0.470  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       1.834  -0.383   0.016  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0       2.998   0.078   0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       2.936   1.085   1.714  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0       4.237  -0.389   0.140  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       5.401   0.147   0.644  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       6.638  -0.236   0.108  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       7.792   0.296   0.607  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0       7.737   1.294   1.735  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       9.033  -0.088   0.069  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  C           0      10.178   0.488   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0      11.434   0.047   0.035  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  C           0      11.754  -1.226   0.197  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  C           0      10.759  -2.128   0.880  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0      13.053  -1.823  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  C           0      13.726  -0.900  -1.280  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  C           0      13.759   0.520  -0.703  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0      12.323   1.050  -0.640  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  C           0      11.818   1.314  -2.060  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  C           0      12.299   2.357   0.155  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0     -11.050  -2.112   1.314  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0     -11.203  -0.656   2.326  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0     -12.499  -1.876   2.321  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0     -13.823  -2.242   0.178  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0     -13.571  -1.146  -1.201  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0     -12.320  -2.336  -0.771  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0     -14.335  -0.293   1.505  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0     -13.080   0.908   1.907  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0     -14.283   0.582  -0.881  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0     -14.864   1.771   0.315  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0     -13.145   2.670  -1.337  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0     -12.717   2.875   0.375  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0     -10.821   3.032  -1.744  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -9.620   2.153  -0.767  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0     -10.231   1.440  -2.279  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0     -10.124  -1.404  -1.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -9.044   1.040   0.500  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.541  -1.782  -1.859  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -6.770  -1.818  -1.684  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -7.801  -2.604  -0.464  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0      -6.649   1.007   0.669  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0      -5.332  -1.271  -0.983  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0      -4.249   0.944   0.878  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0      -2.794  -1.255  -2.127  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0      -2.071  -2.254  -0.844  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0      -3.840  -2.189  -1.031  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0      -1.849   0.868   1.093  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     68  H           0      -0.524  -1.098  -0.911  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     69  H           0       0.552   0.805   1.272  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     70  H           0       1.878  -1.104  -0.786  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     71  H           0       3.947   1.392   1.982  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     72  H           0       2.366   1.955   1.389  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     73  H           0       2.451   0.635   2.580  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     74  H           0       4.280  -1.170  -0.605  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     75  H           0       5.361   0.862   1.452  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     76  H           0       6.678  -0.951  -0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     77  H           0       8.750   1.554   2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     78  H           0       7.216   2.191   1.400  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     79  H           0       7.203   0.858   2.579  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     80  H           0       9.077  -0.840  -0.705  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     81  H           0      10.130   1.281   1.254  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     82  H           0      10.077  -2.545   0.139  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     83  H           0      11.288  -2.938   1.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     84  H           0      10.192  -1.555   1.613  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     85  H           0      13.712  -1.957   0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     86  H           0      12.862  -2.792  -0.724  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     87  H           0      14.743  -1.243  -1.468  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     88  H           0      13.157  -0.904  -2.210  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     89  H           0      14.190   0.499   0.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     90  H           0      14.358   1.164  -1.347  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     91  H           0      11.840   0.387  -2.632  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     92  H           0      10.796   1.691  -2.018  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     93  H           0      12.458   2.053  -2.542  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     94  H           0      13.011   3.059  -0.278  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     95  H           0      11.297   2.786   0.119  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     96  H           0      12.570   2.156   1.192  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   41   42   43                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    9    3    4                                         NONE 102&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   44   45   46                                         NONE 103&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5   47   48                                         NONE 104&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   49   50                                         NONE 105&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7   51   52                                         NONE 106&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9    0                                         NONE 107&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7   53   54   55                                         NONE 108&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7    2   10    0                                         NONE 109&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   56    0                                         NONE 110&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   57    0                                         NONE 111&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   14    0                                         NONE 112&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   58   59   60                                         NONE 113&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   12   15   61    0                                         NONE 114&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   62    0                                         NONE 115&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   63    0                                         NONE 116&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   19    0                                         NONE 117&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   64   65   66                                         NONE 118&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   17   20   67    0                                         NONE 119&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   68    0                                         NONE 120&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   69    0                                         NONE 121&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   70    0                                         NONE 122&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   24   25    0                                         NONE 123&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   71   72   73                                         NONE 124&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   23   26   74    0                                         NONE 125&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   75    0                                         NONE 126&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   76    0                                         NONE 127&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30    0                                         NONE 128&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   28   77   78   79                                         NONE 129&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   28   31   80    0                                         NONE 130&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   30   32   81    0                                         NONE 131&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   31   38   33    0                                         NONE 132&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   32   34   35    0                                         NONE 133&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   33   82   83   84                                         NONE 134&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   33   36   85   86                                         NONE 135&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   35   37   87   88                                         NONE 136&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   36   38   89   90                                         NONE 137&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   37   32   39   40                                         NONE 138&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   38   91   92   93                                         NONE 139&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   38   94   95   96                                         NONE 140&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                                                     &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat Soluble&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4718</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4718"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:32:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Synonyms&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Provitamin A, Provatene, Natural Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat Soluble&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4717</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4717"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:28:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-bis(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-octadec&lt;br /&gt;
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Carotene&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;40&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;56&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|536.87 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|180 - 182&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Fat Soluble&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Carotenoid&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|7235-40-7&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Colour&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Dark Red to Brown&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4713</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4713"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:06:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beta Carotene can also be synthesised by using a Grignard reagent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4711</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4711"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:04:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4710</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4710"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T15:03:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Synthetic Route ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mechanism was developed by the Badische Anilin- &amp;amp; Soda-Fabrik ( BASF) and is based on the Wittig reaction. The general process involves reacting a ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, and the resultant is an alkene. The posphonium molecule is overall neutral and reacts with the aldehyde; in this case retinal, a chromophore found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. The reaction involves the formation of a 4 membered ring intermediate. The prcess is driven by the very stable and strong formation of a phosphine oxide bond (P=O). once this is eliminated, the alkene has formed i.e. beta carotene.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4708</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4708"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:44:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:IRcarotene.JPG|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4707</id>
		<title>File:IRcarotene.JPG</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4707"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:43:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: IR Spectra&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;IR Spectra&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.bmp&amp;diff=4706</id>
		<title>File:IRcarotene.bmp</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.bmp&amp;diff=4706"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:41:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: IR Spectra&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;IR Spectra&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4702</id>
		<title>File:IRcarotene.jpg</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:IRcarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4702"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:34:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: IR Spectra&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;IR Spectra&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4701</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4701"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:34:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;IR Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:IRcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|IR Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4700</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4700"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:32:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesising Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4699</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4699"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:31:53Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:BASFcarotene.jpg|jpg|centre|200|BASF Synthesis of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BASFcarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4698</id>
		<title>File:BASFcarotene.jpg</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BASFcarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4698"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:29:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BASFcarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4697</id>
		<title>File:BASFcarotene.JPG</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:BASFcarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4697"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:27:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4696</id>
		<title>It:Beta Carotene</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Beta_Carotene&amp;diff=4696"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:27:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:SpectraCarotene.jpg|jpg|left|200|Absorption Spectra of Beta Carotene]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:SpectraCarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4695</id>
		<title>File:SpectraCarotene.jpg</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:SpectraCarotene.jpg&amp;diff=4695"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:25:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:SpectraCarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4691</id>
		<title>File:SpectraCarotene.JPG</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=File:SpectraCarotene.JPG&amp;diff=4691"/>
		<updated>2006-10-30T14:17:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: Absorption Spectra of beta Carotene&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Absorption Spectra of beta Carotene&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:projects&amp;diff=4690</id>
		<title>It:projects</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-30T14:16:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: /* Supplemental  Project Page */&lt;/p&gt;
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4615</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4615"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T14:13:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4614</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4614"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T14:12:23Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;pink&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4613</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4613"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T14:07:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5152 89365-50-4]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the [http://www.rsc.org/ej/OB/2003/b212454h.pdf preparation] of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4612</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4612"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T13:58:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==&#039;&#039;&#039;Introduction to Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
The drug Salmeterol C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is a beta agonist, and is prescribed by doctors under the name Serevent available as an inhaler for asthma sufferers. It is mainly used when asthma has not been controlled in extreme circumstances and can be used along side a beta agonist like salbutamol. These beta agonists are used to relieve worsening asthma and so should be used along side corticosteroid such as beclomethasone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;&#039;Some Concerns&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the benefit of salmeterol of actually lasting for 12 hours whereas salbutamol lasts up to 4 hours was a breakthrough for chemical company Glaxo Smith Kline, there have been links that the drug has long term side effects of worsening asthma and its attacks leading to hospitalisation or even death. Patients should only be prescribed the drug if the asthma is not being controlled with the current corticosteroid and those with severe asthma. It has been believed that many sufferers that have not been taught to control their asthma have been taking the drug unnecessarily, and unknowingly increasing the risk of more severe attacks leading to death.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;&#039;How it Works&#039;&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
When salmeterol is inhaled it relaxes and smoothens the bronchial walls allowing the tubes to expand so more air can be carried. Salmeterol’s long, lipophilic side chain binds to sites near beta(2)-receptors in the lungs and on bronchial muscles. This allows the active portion of the molecule to stay at the receptor site in the lungs, continually binding and releasing. This is why it last longer than the other agonist salbutamol. The beta(2)-receptor stimulation in the lung causes relaxation of bronchial muscles i.e. it causes bronchodilation, and increases bronchial airflow.&lt;br /&gt;
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== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the preparation of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4610</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4610"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T13:26:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
There are 7 steps involved in the preparation of salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthetic Route&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The synthesis begins by condensing the brokomketone in(i)&lt;br /&gt;
*A butoxycarbonyl group is then removed in (ii)&lt;br /&gt;
*This was reduced to give the resulting protected amino alcohol in (iii)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with DMF and sodium hydride gave the oxazolidinone product of (iv) &lt;br /&gt;
*This intermediate is a stable crystalline solid and is then alkylated with the appropriate elctrophile in (v)&lt;br /&gt;
*Treatment with 2 equivalents of patassium trimethylsilanolate in reflux of tetrahydrofuran gives the amino alcohol of (vi)&lt;br /&gt;
*This is then deprotected to give the final product salmeterol (vii)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4608</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4608"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T13:02:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4607</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4607"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T12:53:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;right&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmeterol&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4606</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4606"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T12:52:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmeteral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;right&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4605</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4605"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T12:49:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;right&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4604</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4604"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T12:46:34Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;right&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Properites&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4602</id>
		<title>It:Salmeterol</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Salmeterol&amp;diff=4602"/>
		<updated>2006-10-28T12:41:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sm1105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: left; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!{{chembox header}} colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; | Properties&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|IUPAC Systematic Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|2-(hydroxymethyl)-4- [1-hydroxy-2-[6-(4-phenylbutoxy) hexylamino]ethyl]-phenol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Chemical Name&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Salmeterol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular formula&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;25&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;37&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;N&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Molecular Mass&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|415.566 gmol&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Melting Point&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|75.5 - 76.5&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;o&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Solubility&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Sparingly soluble in H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|Type of Substance&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Beta Agonist&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|CAS Registry Number&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|89365-50-4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|SMILES String&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|OCC1=C(O)C=CC(C(CNCCCCCCOCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O)=C1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Structure of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;300&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; cpk on;frame 1; move 10 -20 10 0 0 0 0 0 3; delay 1;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
HEADER    NONAME 24-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  24-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0       9.446   3.043   0.864  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      10.164   2.181  -0.021  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0       9.422   0.877  -0.163  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0       9.929  -0.125  -0.977  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  O           0      11.095   0.068  -1.648  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0       9.244  -1.325  -1.105  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       8.059  -1.519  -0.422  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C           0       7.556  -0.519   0.389  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C           0       6.263  -0.733   1.133  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       5.084  -0.505   0.185  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  N           0       3.826  -0.595   0.937  0.00  0.00           N+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C           0       2.741  -0.368  -0.027  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       1.393  -0.450   0.693  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C           0       0.263  -0.213  -0.311  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -1.084  -0.294   0.410  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0      -2.214  -0.058  -0.594  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -3.562  -0.139   0.126  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  O           0      -4.617   0.082  -0.811  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C           0      -5.843  -0.006  -0.082  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C           0      -7.020   0.222  -1.032  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -8.332   0.128  -0.251  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0      -9.509   0.357  -1.202  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  C           0     -10.801   0.264  -0.433  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0     -11.346   1.397   0.143  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  C           0     -12.531   1.312   0.849  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0     -13.173   0.094   0.978  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0     -12.628  -1.039   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0     -11.445  -0.953  -0.307  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  O           0       6.218  -2.070   1.636  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  C           0       8.239   0.676   0.522  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       9.953   3.864   0.926  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      10.253   2.656  -0.998  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0      11.158   1.991   0.383  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0      11.805  -0.239  -1.068  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       9.636  -2.107  -1.739  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       7.525  -2.453  -0.522  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       6.202  -0.030   1.965  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       5.167   0.484  -0.267  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.096  -1.263  -0.598  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       3.742  -1.552   1.248  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0       2.854   0.619  -0.476  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0       2.782  -1.129  -0.807  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       1.280  -1.436   1.142  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       1.352   0.311   1.473  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       0.377   0.774  -0.759  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H           0       0.305  -0.974  -1.090  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0      -1.197  -1.281   0.858  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0      -1.126   0.466   1.190  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0      -2.101   0.929  -1.043  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     50  H           0      -2.173  -0.818  -1.374  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     51  H           0      -3.675  -1.126   0.575  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     52  H           0      -3.603   0.622   0.906  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     53  H           0      -5.927  -0.995   0.370  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     54  H           0      -5.855   0.753   0.701  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     55  H           0      -6.935   1.211  -1.484  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     56  H           0      -7.007  -0.536  -1.815  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     57  H           0      -8.416  -0.860   0.200  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     58  H           0      -8.344   0.887   0.531  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     59  H           0      -9.425   1.345  -1.653  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     60  H           0      -9.496  -0.402  -1.984  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     61  H           0     -10.845   2.348   0.041  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     62  H           0     -12.956   2.196   1.299  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     63  H           0     -14.098   0.027   1.530  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     64  H           0     -13.129  -1.990   0.504  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     65  H           0     -11.020  -1.838  -0.758  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     66  H           0       6.275  -2.658   0.870  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     67  H           0       7.844   1.456   1.156  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2   31    0    0                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   30    4    0                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    6    0                                         NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   34    0    0                                         NONE  76&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   35    0                                         NONE  77&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   36    0                                         NONE  78&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   30    0                                         NONE  79&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   29   37                                         NONE  80&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   38   39                                         NONE  81&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   40    0                                         NONE  82&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   41   42                                         NONE  83&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   43   44                                         NONE  84&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   45   46                                         NONE  85&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   47   48                                         NONE  86&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   49   50                                         NONE  87&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18   51   52                                         NONE  88&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19    0    0                                         NONE  89&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   20   53   54                                         NONE  90&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   19   21   55   56                                         NONE  91&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   20   22   57   58                                         NONE  92&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   21   23   59   60                                         NONE  93&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   22   28   24    0                                         NONE  94&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   23   25   61    0                                         NONE  95&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25   24   26   62    0                                         NONE  96&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   25   27   63    0                                         NONE  97&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   64    0                                         NONE  98&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   23   65    0                                         NONE  99&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    9   66    0    0                                         NONE 100&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30    8    3   67    0                                         NONE 101&lt;br /&gt;
END&amp;lt;/inlineContents&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Salmet with data2.gif|gif|top|100|2D Structure]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &#039;&#039;&#039;Synthesis of Salmetoral&#039;&#039;&#039; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:reaction.JPG|gif|bottom|100|Synthesis]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Sm1105</name></author>
	</entry>
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