Comments on: The Organic Chemists Dream

By: andre

andre — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:13:24 +0000

I assume the point is that when you make a polymer, you are really making a set of molecules with similar, yet not identical, chemical structure (polydispersity). In this synthesis, the products are exactly the same molecule, with the same molecular weight and structure.

By: Dangerous Bill

Dangerous Bill — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:04:48 +0000

Time to take another look at intelligent design. Throw in an atom of unobtainium, and the watch assembles itself.

As a chemical curiosity, though, it’s tops. And sometimes today’s curiosity becomes tomorrow’s valuable product.

By: Dangerous Bill

Dangerous Bill — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:01:48 +0000

Isn’t that just academic for ‘it put itself together’?

By: Quintus

Quintus — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:29:26 +0000

I quote from a part if the paper’s introduction, “An alternative method to create complexity, employed herein, entails the use of a single heterotopic ligand and more than one metal ion, wherein the fidelity of the self-assembly relies on integrative self-sorting.”
And from the abstract:
“96 bonds were formed when 62 building blocks (heterotopic ligands with FeII and PtII ions) self-assembled in a one-pot reaction into a heterometallic Fe8Pt6L24 cubic cage”

By: John Spevacek

John Spevacek — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:27:50 +0000

I’m a little confused about the count. During a polymerization, I can forms thousands of bonds in a single molecule. What’s the particular uniqueness claimed here?

By: 96 Bonds Formed in One-Pot Reaction ↩ — scientifics

96 Bonds Formed in One-Pot Reaction ↩ — scientifics — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:14:59 +0000

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