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		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* The role of retinal in the vision process */fixed molecule b&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Cis-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Trans-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&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; bns 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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY BOKSEZ&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  O2  UNK 0   1      -3.642   0.109  -1.855  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C1  UNK 0   1       7.236   4.986   3.316  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY CRETAL01&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   13.180    7.499   17.803  90.00  95.66  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C1  UNK 0   1       3.279   5.402  15.975  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C2  UNK 0   1       4.046   6.337  15.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C3  UNK 0   1       3.501   7.731  15.036  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C4  UNK 0   1       2.048   7.716  14.547  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C5  UNK 0   1       1.242   6.570  15.071  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C6  UNK 0   1       1.742   5.525  15.720  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C7  UNK 0   1       0.960   4.412  16.249  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C8  UNK 0   1      -0.096   3.785  15.688  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C9  UNK 0   1      -0.891   2.748  16.260  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C10 UNK 0   1      -2.039   2.359  15.656  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C11 UNK 0   1      -2.995   1.432  16.171  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C12 UNK 0   1      -4.118   0.952  15.603  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C13 UNK 0   1      -4.579   1.155  14.210  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C14 UNK 0   1      -3.772   1.162  13.168  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C15 UNK 0   1      -4.144   1.290  11.748  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  O1  UNK 0   1      -3.417   1.200  10.832  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1      -0.251   6.757  14.825  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       3.537   5.722  17.465  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       3.755   3.989  15.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1      -0.446   2.130  17.555  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1      -6.097   1.275  14.125  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H1  UNK 0   1       4.961   6.299  15.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H2  UNK 0   1       4.033   6.074  13.960  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H3  UNK 0   1       3.361   8.099  16.086  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H4  UNK 0   1       4.112   8.346  14.368  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H5  UNK 0   1       1.613   8.609  14.846  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H6  UNK 0   1       2.096   8.271  13.429  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H7  UNK 0   1       1.167   4.027  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H8  UNK 0   1      -0.283   4.132  14.828  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H9  UNK 0   1      -2.166   2.700  14.811  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H10 UNK 0   1      -2.959   1.140  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H11 UNK 0   1      -4.766   0.337  16.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H12 UNK 0   1      -2.863   1.012  13.199  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H13 UNK 0   1      -5.051   1.500  11.604  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H14 UNK 0   1      -0.500   7.641  14.882  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H15 UNK 0   1      -0.354   6.404  13.677  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H16 UNK 0   1      -0.828   6.374  15.537  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H17 UNK 0   1       4.443   5.482  17.539  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H18 UNK 0   1       3.171   6.749  17.876  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H19 UNK 0   1       2.971   5.092  18.159  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H20 UNK 0   1       3.359   3.330  16.246  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H21 UNK 0   1       3.564   3.712  14.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H22 UNK 0   1       4.832   3.967  15.608  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H23 UNK 0   1       0.526   2.025  17.433  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H24 UNK 0   1      -0.489   2.700  18.230  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H25 UNK 0   1      -1.006   1.387  18.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H26 UNK 0   1      -6.646   0.300  14.793  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H27 UNK 0   1      -6.440   2.100  14.580  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H28 UNK 0   1      -6.271   1.320  13.269  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    6   18   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   22   23&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2    4   24   25&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   26   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    8    7    9   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   34&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    5   35   36   37&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    1   38   39   40&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    1   41   42   43&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    9   44   45   46&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   13   47   48   49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   48   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   49   21&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   49    0   49    0&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY BOKSEZ&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
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CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    3   34   35   36&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    3   37   38&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   11   42   43   44&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   13&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects of Bunazosin on ocular circulation and retinal neuronal damage==&lt;br /&gt;
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By applying bunazosin hydrochloride into a healthy humans, it increases the blood velocity in the optic nerve head(ONH),retina and choroid, without changing either heart rate and blood pressure dramaticallt. This drug was also applied to rabbits and rats, giving positive results. These shows that bunazosin hydrochloride have improvement effect both in the ocular circulation and a direct neuroprotective effct. Therefore, it may be useful to use bunazosin hydrochloride as a therapeutic drug against retinal diseases which is associated with the ocular circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
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*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;br /&gt;
*3.Hara, Hideaki / Ichikawa, Masaki / Oku, Hidehiro / Shimazawa, Masamitsu / Araie, Makoto, Cardiovascular drug reviews, Apr 2005&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Serotonin&amp;diff=4997</id>
		<title>It:Serotonin</title>
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		<updated>2006-11-07T11:56:41Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Serotonin: Interesting Thoughts */spelling and grammar correction&lt;/p&gt;
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==What is Serotonin==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Serotonin is a hormone manufactured by the brain that is associated with opiate-specific receptors - so helps maintain a happy feeling.&lt;br /&gt;
*It is a neurotransmitter meaning that is a chemical messenger in the brain which allows the brain to communicate with nerve cells.&lt;br /&gt;
*The most effective way of increasing serotonin levels is vigorous exercise if the person only has very mild depression. This exercise increases the levels for many days after the exercise takes place. &lt;br /&gt;
*Your diet will also effect the levels of serotonin. Low levels of omega 3 and vitamin C in the diet will cause a reduction in the amount of serotonin in the body.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==What Does Serotonin Do==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Serotonin affects many basic psychological functions such as &lt;br /&gt;
anxiety mechanisms and the regulation of mood, thoughts, aggression, &lt;br /&gt;
appetite, sex drive and the sleep/wake cycle. Multiple observations suggest that serotonin, one of &lt;br /&gt;
the most abundant neurotransmitters, plays an important role in the regulation of mood and a key role &lt;br /&gt;
in the treatment of depression. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Due to this, lack of serotonin is often associated with depression.  Restoring the normal or enhanced level of this neurotransmitter acts as mood enhancer. Prozac is a mood enhancing drug, which acts in the central nervous system by inhibiting the reuptake mechanism of serotonin into the synapse. Since serotonin is not degraded in the synaptic cleft, Prozac promotes a prolonged presence of serotonin keeping the post-synaptic membrane active.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the central nervous system, serotonin is involved in fear and flight responses, an activity which is opposed by the aggression stimulating hormone adrenaline (epinephrine) and neurotransmitter dopamine.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Light modulates the production of certain hormones and brain chemicals, such as serotonin. The amount of serotonin in your brain reflects the amount of light in your environment. More light = more serotonin = more energy, a better mood, and fewer carbohydrate cravings!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Serotonin in our bodies==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Serotonin originates in neurons deep in the midline of the brainstem. Because these neurons profile diffusely throughout the brain, serotonin can affect various brain functions, such as depression. It also interacts with many other neurotransmitters, either directly through neurons that use both serotonin and another neurotransmitter, or by serotonin neurons influencing neurons that primarily use these other transmitters. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Serotonin can be found in three main areas of the body: the intestinal wall, blood vessels, and the central nervous system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sources of Serotonin==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*It is manufactured in the human brain using the essential amino acid tryptophan which is found in pineapples, plums, turkey and milk.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bananas contain tryptophan, which the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tryptophan is also found in chocolate, again causing the release of serotonin; which is often why it is eaten as a comfort food.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Serotonin==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid precursor tryptophan, packaged into vesicles, and &lt;br /&gt;
released into the synapse following an action potential. Once in the synapse, serotonin can interact &lt;br /&gt;
with both the pre- and postsynaptic receptors.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:synthesisSerotonin.gif|thumb|synthesis of serotonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/serotonin/synthesis.htm 1]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Detail of Synthesis:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:detail_of_serotonin_synthesis.GIF]] [http://www.neurosci.pharm.utoledo.edu/MBC3320/serotonin.htm]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Images of Serotonin==&lt;br /&gt;
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| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Electron Density of Serotonin&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}[http://www.cmste.uncc.edu/new/Document%20Hold/Sawsun-%20Serotonin%20FINAL%20PAPER.doc]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Serotonin: Interesting Thoughts==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Studies show that there is a chemical hierarchy in humans associated with social &amp;quot;rank&amp;quot; that is linked with serotonin levels. Those in high office, higher positions on sports teams and those of higher rank in academic clubs have been found to have higher levels of serotonin than their lower ranking peers. [http://www.globalhypnosis.com/hypnosis_stories.html]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Serotonergic activity gradually decreases as one becomes drowsy and enters slow-wave sleep. An overall slowing of serotonergic activity is observed during slow-wave sleep known as non-REM sleep. During REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement-the original dream sleep), serotonergic activity falls completely silent. Serotonergic activity returns to its basic level several seconds prior to the end of REM sleep. [http://www.antidepressantsfacts.com/pinealstory.htm]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The stimulant in the drug Ecstasy forces the brain to release serotonin, in abnormally large amounts. The neurons (brain cells) that store serotonin are deformed or destroyed. Scientists have found that these injured neurons can regrow, but they may grow back abnormally or in the wrong locations. When Ecstasy wears off, the overflow of serotonin reverses to a lack of serotonin. Without enough serotonin it is difficult to sleep, learn, remember, or feel happy. [http://www.intheknowzone.com/ecstasy/chemistry.htm]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*When UV light interacts with your skin, it triggers the formation of vitamin D. Vitamin D stimulates the production of feel-good brain chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The light that enters your eyes has an immediate effect on your mood, so bright light, especially blue light (around the wavelength 460 nm) shuts down the production of melatonin, the night-time sleep hormone, and stimulates the production of serotonin, its energising, daytime counterpart.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.healthscout.com/ency/1/409/main.html/ Healthscout]- What does Serotonin do?&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/serotonin/synthesis.htm/ University of Bristol: Chemistry]- Synthesis of Serotonin&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.neurosci.pharm.utoledo.edu/MBC3320/serotonin.htm/ MBC Serotonin]- Detail of Synthesis&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cmste.uncc.edu/ CMSTE]- Images of Serotonin&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.angelfire.com/hi/TheSeer/seratonin.html/ Serotonin]- What does Serotonin do?&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.thebodyblues.com/light.html/The Body Blues]- What does Serotonin do?&lt;br /&gt;
*[Belstein (2006/03]- Properties&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4993</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<updated>2006-11-07T11:50:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* The role of retinal in the vision process */ changed layout of 3D images&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Cis-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Trans-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&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; bns 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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY BOKSEZ&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  O2  UNK 0   1      -3.642   0.109  -1.855  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C1  UNK 0   1       7.236   4.986   3.316  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    3   34   35   36&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    3   37   38&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   11   42   43   44&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   47    0   47    0&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;|[http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Image:Trans-retinal.cdx ChemDraw 3D structure]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Structure A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Structure B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&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 ;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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY CRETAL01&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   13.180    7.499   17.803  90.00  95.66  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C1  UNK 0   1       3.279   5.402  15.975  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C2  UNK 0   1       4.046   6.337  15.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C3  UNK 0   1       3.501   7.731  15.036  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C4  UNK 0   1       2.048   7.716  14.547  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C5  UNK 0   1       1.242   6.570  15.071  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C6  UNK 0   1       1.742   5.525  15.720  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C7  UNK 0   1       0.960   4.412  16.249  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C8  UNK 0   1      -0.096   3.785  15.688  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C9  UNK 0   1      -0.891   2.748  16.260  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C10 UNK 0   1      -2.039   2.359  15.656  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C11 UNK 0   1      -2.995   1.432  16.171  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C12 UNK 0   1      -4.118   0.952  15.603  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C13 UNK 0   1      -4.579   1.155  14.210  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C14 UNK 0   1      -3.772   1.162  13.168  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C15 UNK 0   1      -4.144   1.290  11.748  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  O1  UNK 0   1      -3.417   1.200  10.832  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1      -0.251   6.757  14.825  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       3.537   5.722  17.465  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       3.755   3.989  15.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1      -0.446   2.130  17.555  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1      -6.097   1.275  14.125  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H1  UNK 0   1       4.961   6.299  15.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H2  UNK 0   1       4.033   6.074  13.960  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H3  UNK 0   1       3.361   8.099  16.086  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H4  UNK 0   1       4.112   8.346  14.368  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H5  UNK 0   1       1.613   8.609  14.846  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H6  UNK 0   1       2.096   8.271  13.429  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H7  UNK 0   1       1.167   4.027  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H8  UNK 0   1      -0.283   4.132  14.828  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H9  UNK 0   1      -2.166   2.700  14.811  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H10 UNK 0   1      -2.959   1.140  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H11 UNK 0   1      -4.766   0.337  16.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H12 UNK 0   1      -2.863   1.012  13.199  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H13 UNK 0   1      -5.051   1.500  11.604  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects of Bunazosin on ocular circulation and retinal neuronal damage==&lt;br /&gt;
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By applying bunazosin hydrochloride into a healthy humans, it increases the blood velocity in the optic nerve head(ONH),retina and choroid, without changing either heart rate and blood pressure dramaticallt. This drug was also applied to rabbits and rats, giving positive results. These shows that bunazosin hydrochloride have improvement effect both in the ocular circulation and a direct neuroprotective effct. Therefore, it may be useful to use bunazosin hydrochloride as a therapeutic drug against retinal diseases which is associated with the ocular circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;br /&gt;
*3.Hara, Hideaki / Ichikawa, Masaki / Oku, Hidehiro / Shimazawa, Masamitsu / Araie, Makoto, Cardiovascular drug reviews, Apr 2005&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4989</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<updated>2006-11-07T11:47:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of all-trans retinal */minor change&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&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; bns 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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY BOKSEZ&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  O2  UNK 0   1      -3.642   0.109  -1.855  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C1  UNK 0   1       7.236   4.986   3.316  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    3   34   35   36&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    3   37   38&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   11   42   43   44&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   47    0   47    0&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;|[http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Image:Trans-retinal.cdx ChemDraw 3D structure]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Compound A 3D Picture&lt;br /&gt;
&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 ;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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY CRETAL01&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   13.180    7.499   17.803  90.00  95.66  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C1  UNK 0   1       3.279   5.402  15.975  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C2  UNK 0   1       4.046   6.337  15.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C3  UNK 0   1       3.501   7.731  15.036  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C4  UNK 0   1       2.048   7.716  14.547  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C5  UNK 0   1       1.242   6.570  15.071  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C6  UNK 0   1       1.742   5.525  15.720  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C7  UNK 0   1       0.960   4.412  16.249  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C8  UNK 0   1      -0.096   3.785  15.688  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C9  UNK 0   1      -0.891   2.748  16.260  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C10 UNK 0   1      -2.039   2.359  15.656  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C11 UNK 0   1      -2.995   1.432  16.171  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C12 UNK 0   1      -4.118   0.952  15.603  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C13 UNK 0   1      -4.579   1.155  14.210  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C14 UNK 0   1      -3.772   1.162  13.168  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C15 UNK 0   1      -4.144   1.290  11.748  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  O1  UNK 0   1      -3.417   1.200  10.832  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1      -0.251   6.757  14.825  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       3.537   5.722  17.465  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       3.755   3.989  15.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1      -0.446   2.130  17.555  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1      -6.097   1.275  14.125  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H1  UNK 0   1       4.961   6.299  15.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H2  UNK 0   1       4.033   6.074  13.960  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H3  UNK 0   1       3.361   8.099  16.086  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H4  UNK 0   1       4.112   8.346  14.368  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H5  UNK 0   1       1.613   8.609  14.846  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H6  UNK 0   1       2.096   8.271  13.429  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H7  UNK 0   1       1.167   4.027  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H8  UNK 0   1      -0.283   4.132  14.828  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H9  UNK 0   1      -2.166   2.700  14.811  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H10 UNK 0   1      -2.959   1.140  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H11 UNK 0   1      -4.766   0.337  16.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H12 UNK 0   1      -2.863   1.012  13.199  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H13 UNK 0   1      -5.051   1.500  11.604  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H14 UNK 0   1      -0.500   7.641  14.882  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H15 UNK 0   1      -0.354   6.404  13.677  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H16 UNK 0   1      -0.828   6.374  15.537  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H17 UNK 0   1       4.443   5.482  17.539  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H18 UNK 0   1       3.171   6.749  17.876  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H19 UNK 0   1       2.971   5.092  18.159  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H20 UNK 0   1       3.359   3.330  16.246  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H21 UNK 0   1       3.564   3.712  14.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H22 UNK 0   1       4.832   3.967  15.608  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H23 UNK 0   1       0.526   2.025  17.433  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H24 UNK 0   1      -0.489   2.700  18.230  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H25 UNK 0   1      -1.006   1.387  18.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H26 UNK 0   1      -6.646   0.300  14.793  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H27 UNK 0   1      -6.440   2.100  14.580  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H28 UNK 0   1      -6.271   1.320  13.269  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    6   18   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   22   23&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2    4   24   25&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   26   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   34&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    5   35   36   37&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    1   38   39   40&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    1   41   42   43&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    9   44   45   46&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   13   47   48   49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   48   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   49   21&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   49    0   49    0&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;
Compound B 3D picture&lt;br /&gt;
&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 ;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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY TRETAL03&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.956    8.277   15.291  90.00 104.92  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       9.309   3.852   9.139  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C1  UNK 0   1      -1.723  -0.739   4.047  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C2  UNK 0   1      -0.452  -1.316   3.444  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C3  UNK 0   1      -2.519  -1.832   4.761  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C4  UNK 0   1      -2.460  -0.197   2.791  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C5  UNK 0   1      -3.484   0.764   3.073  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C6  UNK 0   1      -3.039   1.904   3.908  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C7  UNK 0   1      -2.002   1.579   4.954  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C8  UNK 0   1      -1.767   2.692   5.929  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C9  UNK 0   1      -1.402   0.397   5.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C10 UNK 0   1      -0.360   0.092   6.017  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C11 UNK 0   1       0.764   0.756   6.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C12 UNK 0   1       1.826   0.493   7.151  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C13 UNK 0   1       1.604  -0.603   8.138  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C14 UNK 0   1       2.930   1.234   7.109  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C15 UNK 0   1       4.081   1.142   7.980  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1       5.145   1.932   7.893  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       6.289   1.962   8.796  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       6.288   1.002   9.940  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1       7.263   2.851   8.564  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1       8.452   3.036   9.396  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    3    4    5   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    2    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    2    8   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   18   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    1   20&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   21    0   21    0&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects of Bunazosin on ocular circulation and retinal neuronal damage==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By applying bunazosin hydrochloride into a healthy humans, it increases the blood velocity in the optic nerve head(ONH),retina and choroid, without changing either heart rate and blood pressure dramaticallt. This drug was also applied to rabbits and rats, giving positive results. These shows that bunazosin hydrochloride have improvement effect both in the ocular circulation and a direct neuroprotective effct. Therefore, it may be useful to use bunazosin hydrochloride as a therapeutic drug against retinal diseases which is associated with the ocular circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;br /&gt;
*3.Hara, Hideaki / Ichikawa, Masaki / Oku, Hidehiro / Shimazawa, Masamitsu / Araie, Makoto, Cardiovascular drug reviews, Apr 2005&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4988</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<updated>2006-11-07T11:44:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of all-trans retinal */ changed render on molecule to bns&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Cis-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Trans-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&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; bns 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;HEADER    CSD ENTRY BOKSEZ&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  O2  UNK 0   1      -3.642   0.109  -1.855  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C1  UNK 0   1       7.236   4.986   3.316  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    3   34   35   36&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    3   37   38&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   11   42   43   44&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    5&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   47    0   47    0&lt;br /&gt;
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|[http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Image:Trans-retinal.cdx ChemDraw 3D structure]&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Compound A 3D Picture&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY CRETAL01&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   13.180    7.499   17.803  90.00  95.66  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C1  UNK 0   1       3.279   5.402  15.975  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C2  UNK 0   1       4.046   6.337  15.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C3  UNK 0   1       3.501   7.731  15.036  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C4  UNK 0   1       2.048   7.716  14.547  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C5  UNK 0   1       1.242   6.570  15.071  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C6  UNK 0   1       1.742   5.525  15.720  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C7  UNK 0   1       0.960   4.412  16.249  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C8  UNK 0   1      -0.096   3.785  15.688  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C9  UNK 0   1      -0.891   2.748  16.260  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C10 UNK 0   1      -2.039   2.359  15.656  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C11 UNK 0   1      -2.995   1.432  16.171  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C12 UNK 0   1      -4.118   0.952  15.603  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C13 UNK 0   1      -4.579   1.155  14.210  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C14 UNK 0   1      -3.772   1.162  13.168  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C15 UNK 0   1      -4.144   1.290  11.748  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  O1  UNK 0   1      -3.417   1.200  10.832  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1      -0.251   6.757  14.825  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       3.537   5.722  17.465  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       3.755   3.989  15.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1      -0.446   2.130  17.555  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1      -6.097   1.275  14.125  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H1  UNK 0   1       4.961   6.299  15.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H2  UNK 0   1       4.033   6.074  13.960  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H3  UNK 0   1       3.361   8.099  16.086  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H4  UNK 0   1       4.112   8.346  14.368  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H5  UNK 0   1       1.613   8.609  14.846  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H6  UNK 0   1       2.096   8.271  13.429  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H7  UNK 0   1       1.167   4.027  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H8  UNK 0   1      -0.283   4.132  14.828  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H9  UNK 0   1      -2.166   2.700  14.811  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H10 UNK 0   1      -2.959   1.140  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H11 UNK 0   1      -4.766   0.337  16.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H12 UNK 0   1      -2.863   1.012  13.199  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H13 UNK 0   1      -5.051   1.500  11.604  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H14 UNK 0   1      -0.500   7.641  14.882  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H15 UNK 0   1      -0.354   6.404  13.677  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H16 UNK 0   1      -0.828   6.374  15.537  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H17 UNK 0   1       4.443   5.482  17.539  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H18 UNK 0   1       3.171   6.749  17.876  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H19 UNK 0   1       2.971   5.092  18.159  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H20 UNK 0   1       3.359   3.330  16.246  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H21 UNK 0   1       3.564   3.712  14.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H22 UNK 0   1       4.832   3.967  15.608  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H23 UNK 0   1       0.526   2.025  17.433  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H24 UNK 0   1      -0.489   2.700  18.230  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H25 UNK 0   1      -1.006   1.387  18.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H26 UNK 0   1      -6.646   0.300  14.793  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H27 UNK 0   1      -6.440   2.100  14.580  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H28 UNK 0   1      -6.271   1.320  13.269  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    6   18   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   22   23&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2    4   24   25&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   26   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   34&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    5   35   36   37&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    1   38   39   40&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    1   41   42   43&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    9   44   45   46&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   13   47   48   49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   25    3&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27    4&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   48   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   49   21&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   49    0   49    0&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY TRETAL03&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.956    8.277   15.291  90.00 104.92  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       9.309   3.852   9.139  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C1  UNK 0   1      -1.723  -0.739   4.047  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C2  UNK 0   1      -0.452  -1.316   3.444  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C3  UNK 0   1      -2.519  -1.832   4.761  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C4  UNK 0   1      -2.460  -0.197   2.791  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C5  UNK 0   1      -3.484   0.764   3.073  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C6  UNK 0   1      -3.039   1.904   3.908  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C7  UNK 0   1      -2.002   1.579   4.954  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C8  UNK 0   1      -1.767   2.692   5.929  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C9  UNK 0   1      -1.402   0.397   5.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C10 UNK 0   1      -0.360   0.092   6.017  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C11 UNK 0   1       0.764   0.756   6.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C12 UNK 0   1       1.826   0.493   7.151  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C13 UNK 0   1       1.604  -0.603   8.138  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C14 UNK 0   1       2.930   1.234   7.109  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C15 UNK 0   1       4.081   1.142   7.980  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1       5.145   1.932   7.893  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       6.289   1.962   8.796  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       6.288   1.002   9.940  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1       7.263   2.851   8.564  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1       8.452   3.036   9.396  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    3    4    5   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    2    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    2    8   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   18   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    1   20&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   21    0   21    0&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects of Bunazosin on ocular circulation and retinal neuronal damage==&lt;br /&gt;
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By applying bunazosin hydrochloride into a healthy humans, it increases the blood velocity in the optic nerve head(ONH),retina and choroid, without changing either heart rate and blood pressure dramaticallt. This drug was also applied to rabbits and rats, giving positive results. These shows that bunazosin hydrochloride have improvement effect both in the ocular circulation and a direct neuroprotective effct. Therefore, it may be useful to use bunazosin hydrochloride as a therapeutic drug against retinal diseases which is associated with the ocular circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;br /&gt;
*3.Hara, Hideaki / Ichikawa, Masaki / Oku, Hidehiro / Shimazawa, Masamitsu / Araie, Makoto, Cardiovascular drug reviews, Apr 2005&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of all-trans retinal */ changed layout&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Cis-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Properties of Trans-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
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CRYST1   14.761    8.292   15.210  90.00 102.40  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       8.800   1.137   3.735  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  O2  UNK 0   1      -3.642   0.109  -1.855  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C1  UNK 0   1       7.236   4.986   3.316  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C2  UNK 0   1       7.808   4.433   4.641  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C3  UNK 0   1       8.881   3.407   4.434  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C4  UNK 0   1       8.402   2.292   3.586  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C5  UNK 0   1       7.434   2.593   2.496  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C6  UNK 0   1       6.851   3.816   2.410  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C7  UNK 0   1       5.849   4.111   1.365  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C8  UNK 0   1       4.735   3.412   1.188  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C9  UNK 0   1       3.695   3.741   0.202  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C10 UNK 0   1       2.601   2.943   0.227  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C11 UNK 0   1       1.409   3.020  -0.654  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C12 UNK 0   1       0.394   2.212  -0.535  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C13 UNK 0   1      -0.769   2.174  -1.450  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C14 UNK 0   1      -1.684   1.256  -1.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C15 UNK 0   1      -2.881   0.999  -2.043  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C16 UNK 0   1       7.167   1.427   1.567  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C17 UNK 0   1       5.974   5.755   3.760  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C18 UNK 0   1       8.204   5.906   2.607  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C19 UNK 0   1       3.919   4.853  -0.787  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C20 UNK 0   1      -0.796   3.178  -2.557  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H1  UNK 0   1       6.939   4.113   5.229  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H2  UNK 0   1       8.383   5.232   5.110  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H3  UNK 0   1       9.085   3.458   5.274  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H4  UNK 0   1       9.452   3.930   3.803  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H5  UNK 0   1       6.133   4.784   0.772  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H6  UNK 0   1       4.476   2.728   1.797  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H7  UNK 0   1       2.453   2.222   0.995  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H8  UNK 0   1       1.583   3.856  -1.292  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H9  UNK 0   1       0.154   1.750   0.238  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H10 UNK 0   1      -1.746   0.871  -0.520  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H11 UNK 0   1      -2.722   1.857  -2.659  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H12 UNK 0   1       5.584   6.194   3.134  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H13 UNK 0   1       5.249   5.174   4.323  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H14 UNK 0   1       6.345   6.509   4.442  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H15 UNK 0   1       7.632   6.136   2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H16 UNK 0   1       9.036   5.224   2.674  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H17 UNK 0   1       8.192   0.796   1.411  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H18 UNK 0   1       6.845   1.683   0.891  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H19 UNK 0   1       6.601   0.730   1.664  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H20 UNK 0   1       3.287   5.000  -1.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H21 UNK 0   1       3.641   5.431  -0.312  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H22 UNK 0   1       4.744   4.677  -1.233  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H23 UNK 0   1      -1.169   2.952  -3.075  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H24 UNK 0   1      -1.270   3.988  -2.080  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H25 UNK 0   1      -0.054   3.018  -3.313  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    4    8   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   23   24&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   25   26&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    3    7    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    2   16   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    7   39   40   41&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    3   34   35   36&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    3   37   38&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   11   42   43   44&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   15   45   46   47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23    4&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   27    9&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   12&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   31   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   22&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   22&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   47    0   47    0&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Compound A 3D Picture&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY CRETAL01&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   13.180    7.499   17.803  90.00  95.66  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  C1  UNK 0   1       3.279   5.402  15.975  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C2  UNK 0   1       4.046   6.337  15.055  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C3  UNK 0   1       3.501   7.731  15.036  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C4  UNK 0   1       2.048   7.716  14.547  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C5  UNK 0   1       1.242   6.570  15.071  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C6  UNK 0   1       1.742   5.525  15.720  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C7  UNK 0   1       0.960   4.412  16.249  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C8  UNK 0   1      -0.096   3.785  15.688  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C9  UNK 0   1      -0.891   2.748  16.260  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C10 UNK 0   1      -2.039   2.359  15.656  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C11 UNK 0   1      -2.995   1.432  16.171  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C12 UNK 0   1      -4.118   0.952  15.603  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C13 UNK 0   1      -4.579   1.155  14.210  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C14 UNK 0   1      -3.772   1.162  13.168  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C15 UNK 0   1      -4.144   1.290  11.748  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  O1  UNK 0   1      -3.417   1.200  10.832  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1      -0.251   6.757  14.825  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       3.537   5.722  17.465  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       3.755   3.989  15.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1      -0.446   2.130  17.555  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1      -6.097   1.275  14.125  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H1  UNK 0   1       4.961   6.299  15.236  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H2  UNK 0   1       4.033   6.074  13.960  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  H3  UNK 0   1       3.361   8.099  16.086  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H4  UNK 0   1       4.112   8.346  14.368  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  H5  UNK 0   1       1.613   8.609  14.846  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  H6  UNK 0   1       2.096   8.271  13.429  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H7  UNK 0   1       1.167   4.027  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H8  UNK 0   1      -0.283   4.132  14.828  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H9  UNK 0   1      -2.166   2.700  14.811  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H10 UNK 0   1      -2.959   1.140  17.220  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H11 UNK 0   1      -4.766   0.337  16.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H12 UNK 0   1      -2.863   1.012  13.199  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H13 UNK 0   1      -5.051   1.500  11.604  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H14 UNK 0   1      -0.500   7.641  14.882  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H15 UNK 0   1      -0.354   6.404  13.677  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H16 UNK 0   1      -0.828   6.374  15.537  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H17 UNK 0   1       4.443   5.482  17.539  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H18 UNK 0   1       3.171   6.749  17.876  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H19 UNK 0   1       2.971   5.092  18.159  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H20 UNK 0   1       3.359   3.330  16.246  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H21 UNK 0   1       3.564   3.712  14.704  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H22 UNK 0   1       4.832   3.967  15.608  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H23 UNK 0   1       0.526   2.025  17.433  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H24 UNK 0   1      -0.489   2.700  18.230  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  H25 UNK 0   1      -1.006   1.387  18.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H26 UNK 0   1      -6.646   0.300  14.793  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H27 UNK 0   1      -6.440   2.100  14.580  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H28 UNK 0   1      -6.271   1.320  13.269  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    6   18   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   22   23&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2    4   24   25&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5   26   27&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4    6   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    1    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8   28&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   29&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8   10   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    9   11   30&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12   31&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13   32&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13   15   33&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   14   16   34&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17    5   35   36   37&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18    1   38   39   40&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19    1   41   42   43&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20    9   44   45   46&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21   13   47   48   49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22    2&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   24    3&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   27    4&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   29    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   33   14&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   34   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   36   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   37   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   39   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   40   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   43   19&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   44   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   45   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   47   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   48   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   49   21&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   49    0   49    0&lt;br /&gt;
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Compound B 3D picture&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    CSD ENTRY TRETAL03&lt;br /&gt;
COMPND    UNNAMED&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    GENERATED BY CONQUEST&lt;br /&gt;
CRYST1   14.956    8.277   15.291  90.00 104.92  90.00 P 21/n        4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O1  UNK 0   1       9.309   3.852   9.139  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C1  UNK 0   1      -1.723  -0.739   4.047  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C2  UNK 0   1      -0.452  -1.316   3.444  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C3  UNK 0   1      -2.519  -1.832   4.761  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C4  UNK 0   1      -2.460  -0.197   2.791  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C5  UNK 0   1      -3.484   0.764   3.073  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C6  UNK 0   1      -3.039   1.904   3.908  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  C7  UNK 0   1      -2.002   1.579   4.954  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  C8  UNK 0   1      -1.767   2.692   5.929  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C9  UNK 0   1      -1.402   0.397   5.000  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C10 UNK 0   1      -0.360   0.092   6.017  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  C11 UNK 0   1       0.764   0.756   6.175  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C12 UNK 0   1       1.826   0.493   7.151  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  C13 UNK 0   1       1.604  -0.603   8.138  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C14 UNK 0   1       2.930   1.234   7.109  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C15 UNK 0   1       4.081   1.142   7.980  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C16 UNK 0   1       5.145   1.932   7.893  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C17 UNK 0   1       6.289   1.962   8.796  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  C18 UNK 0   1       6.288   1.002   9.940  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  C19 UNK 0   1       7.263   2.851   8.564  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C20 UNK 0   1       8.452   3.036   9.396  1.00  0.00&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    3    4    5   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    2    6&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    5    7&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    8    7    9   10&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    8&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    2    8   11&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11   10   12&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   11   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   12   14   15&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   15   17&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   16   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   18   21&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    1   20&lt;br /&gt;
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   21    0   21    0&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects of Bunazosin on ocular circulation and retinal neuronal damage==&lt;br /&gt;
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By applying bunazosin hydrochloride into a healthy humans, it increases the blood velocity in the optic nerve head(ONH),retina and choroid, without changing either heart rate and blood pressure dramaticallt. This drug was also applied to rabbits and rats, giving positive results. These shows that bunazosin hydrochloride have improvement effect both in the ocular circulation and a direct neuroprotective effct. Therefore, it may be useful to use bunazosin hydrochloride as a therapeutic drug against retinal diseases which is associated with the ocular circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
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*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;br /&gt;
*3.Hara, Hideaki / Ichikawa, Masaki / Oku, Hidehiro / Shimazawa, Masamitsu / Araie, Makoto, Cardiovascular drug reviews, Apr 2005&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=Talk:It:Gingerone&amp;diff=4423</id>
		<title>Talk:It:Gingerone</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=Talk:It:Gingerone&amp;diff=4423"/>
		<updated>2006-10-27T07:45:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* So105&amp;#039;s suggestion */ minor change + post&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== So105&#039;s suggestion ===&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for Bg105 on combining general and physical tables into one using the following code, what do you think? If you wish to use it clink on the Edit tab and copy the code.&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;general properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-butanone&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;11&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;14&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |194 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |OC1=C(OC)C=C(CCC(C)=O)C=C1&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |40-42°C&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ss1305===&lt;br /&gt;
I would like to know why the properties of gingerol are up when we are talking about zingerone.  I put gingerol in a reaction as it is a way of producing zingerone.&lt;br /&gt;
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===So105===&lt;br /&gt;
Please remember to add your user name if you post something, in order to avoid confusion, thankyou.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4078</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4078"/>
		<updated>2006-10-26T10:05:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: changed aka to also know...&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4075</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=4075"/>
		<updated>2006-10-26T10:02:23Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */ fixed table&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=O)&lt;br /&gt;
=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Is Sucralose safe? */&lt;/p&gt;
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Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose facts==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Is Sucralose safe? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Safety of Sucralose use has been documented in more than 100 scientific studies over a 20-year period, which demonstrated that Sucralose is safe for Human consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;The data from the studies were independently evaluated by international experts in a variety of scientific disciplines, including toxicology, oncology, teratology, neurology, hematology, pediatrics and nutrition. Importantly, comprehensive toxicology studies, designed to meet the highest scientific standards, have clearly demonstrated that sucralose is not carcinogenic&amp;quot;.&#039;&#039; IFIC Foundations&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*SciFinder - Lin, Daobing; Jia, Xudong; Liu, Deming.  (Shanghai Desano Vitamins Co., Ltd., Peop. Rep. China).    Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu  (2006)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4060</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4060"/>
		<updated>2006-10-26T09:14:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Sucralose */ minor change to table&lt;/p&gt;
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Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of properties&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
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Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose facts==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Is Sucralose safe? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*SciFinder - Lin, Daobing; Jia, Xudong; Liu, Deming.  (Shanghai Desano Vitamins Co., Ltd., Peop. Rep. China).    Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu  (2006)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4059</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4059"/>
		<updated>2006-10-26T09:13:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: Moved sucralose low calorie charac... to intro&lt;/p&gt;
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Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose facts==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Is Sucralose safe? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*SciFinder - Lin, Daobing; Jia, Xudong; Liu, Deming.  (Shanghai Desano Vitamins Co., Ltd., Peop. Rep. China).    Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu  (2006)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4054</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=4054"/>
		<updated>2006-10-26T09:07:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Sucralose in detail */ changed tiltle and substitle&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;350&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose facts==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Is Sucralose safe? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*SciFinder - Lin, Daobing; Jia, Xudong; Liu, Deming.  (Shanghai Desano Vitamins Co., Ltd., Peop. Rep. China).    Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu  (2006)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3795</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3795"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T12:53:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Sucralose */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose in detail==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Safety of Sucralose use? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3787</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3787"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T12:48:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: moved relavite po... to main table&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of relative potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is synthesised from the readily available sugar sucrose:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose in detail==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Safety of Sucralose use? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
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		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-24T12:30:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: added safety of sucralose + reordered subheadings&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Sucralose in detail==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===History of Sucralose===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars. He found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is a sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to sugar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose&#039;s low-calorie characteristic originates from the inability of the body to metabolise most of the substance. Although this molecule is made from sugar, the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Safety of Sucralose use? ===&lt;br /&gt;
Although the safety Sucralose itself has been tested in detail, one by product of sucralose which is formed when the molecule breaks down in the body, 1,6-dichlorofructose has not. There is some concern about the long term and side effects of 1,6-dichlorofructose if any.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
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| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
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| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3672</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3672"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T11:05:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties of Cis-Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
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| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
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| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3671</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3671"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T11:05:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */ added data&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
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| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
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*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3660</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3660"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T10:48:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3658</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3658"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T10:47:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal */ added smiles&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
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*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-24T10:43:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal */ added trans retinal to sub-title&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal and Trans-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>It:Retinal</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of all-trans retinal */ moved properties of trans-retinal&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
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		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3652</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3652"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T10:42:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal */ added properties of Trans-retinal to table&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
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| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
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| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
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| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
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| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Properties of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
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==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
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The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3644</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3644"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T10:33:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of Cis-Retinal */ changed size of 3d image&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Properties of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The role of retinal in the vision process==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The molecule that takes part in the vision process is rhodopsin which consists of 11-cis retinal and protein opsin. Retinal is a Vitamin A derivative. When there is no light present the 11-cis retinal has a bent configuration and is attached to the retinal molecule in a stable arrangement. When light strikes the retina, the retinal molecule absorbs a photon into one of the pi-bonds between the 11th and 12th carbon atoms, hence the 11 cis retinal is transfformed into the all trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Rhodopsin==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis_of_rhodopsin.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3641</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-24T10:29:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of Sucralose */ changed size of 3D image&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener and was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose low-calorie characteristic ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3633</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3633"/>
		<updated>2006-10-24T10:22:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Sucralose */minor changes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-&lt;br /&gt;
5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener and was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose low-calorie characteristic ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3540</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3540"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:33:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of Sucralose */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-chloro-6-(hyd&lt;br /&gt;
roxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener and was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose low-calorie characteristic ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3535</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3535"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:30:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: back to normal&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Structure of Sucralose  ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;390&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-chloro-6-(hyd&lt;br /&gt;
roxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener and was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose low-calorie characteristic ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3532</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3532"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:27:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;float: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;390&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&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: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-chloro-6-(hyd&lt;br /&gt;
roxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, low-calorie sweetener and was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose low-calorie characteristic ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3501</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3501"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:17:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Structure of Sucralose */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|2-[2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-chloro-6-(hyd&lt;br /&gt;
roxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3496</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3496"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:15:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;inlineContents&amp;gt;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1&#039;,4,6&#039;-Trichloro-galactosucrose&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3494</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3494"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:14:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Synthesis Of Sucralose From Sucrose */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|R and S represent the stereocentres of the molecule&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1&#039;,4,6&#039;-Trichloro-galactosucrose&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Synthesis of Sucralose from Sucrose==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms. The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Synthesis of sucralose from sucrose.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jyj3b/sucralosesynthesis.htm] - Synthesis Of Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3456</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3456"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T15:01:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* History of sucralose */ small errors&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose, C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;, was discovered in 1976 by Tate &amp;amp; Lyle sugar company.. A graduate student, Shashikant Phadnis, misunderstood “testing” for “tasting” and tasted the chlorinated sugars, and found that chlorinated sugars are many times sweeter than sucrose. Tate &amp;amp; Lyle collaborated with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson to manufacture and sell sucralose in 1980.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The Synthesis Of Sucralose==&lt;br /&gt;
The hydroxyl groups in sucrose are replaced by chlorine atoms.&lt;br /&gt;
The halogenation with chlorine increases the stability of the molecule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3425</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3425"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T14:53:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Sucralose */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&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;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder (40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fit: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3423</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3423"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T14:51:56Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners */change table style&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5_stereochemistry.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
(40 times their natural size)&lt;br /&gt;
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|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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==The relative potency of sugar compared with artificial sweeteners==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Table of potency of artificial sweeteners&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| sugar&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|1x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| cyclamate &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|45x &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| aspartame &lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|180x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| saccharin&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|300x&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &#039;&#039;&#039;sucralose&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;600x&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| neotame&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|13,000x&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3400</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3400"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T14:43:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: Moved contents box to top&lt;/p&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Retinal&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka: retinaldehyde or retinene&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;) is the most important molecule associated with vision. Retinal changes structure when it is exposed to light, essentially transferring the energy from the light it absorbs to an electrical impulse in the retina of the eye, which is then passed along the optic nerve to the central nervous system to be processed. All vision systems operate in this manner, so Retinal is resposible for all vision. Retinal is a retinine molecule that exists as two different isomers - 11-cis retinal and all-trans retinal.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
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                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Structure of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:AllTransRetinal.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Properties of all-trans retinal==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==How is Retinal affected by the absorption of light?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The absorption of light causes the pi-bond to break allowing the molecule to rotate. This allows the retinal molecule to change shape. The new shape of the molecule affects the shape of the protein to which the retinal molecule is attached to. This process occurs via a signal that passes along the optic nerve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RetinalConversion.png]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*1.Chang, Raymond (1998). Chemistry, 6th Ed.. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-115221-0. &lt;br /&gt;
*2. Feynman, Richard (1985). QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024170.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3352</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3352"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T14:24:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: moved picture of sucralose into apperance box&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sci-of-sucralose.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sucralose in detail ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3316</id>
		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Sucralose&amp;diff=3316"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T14:08:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Sucralose */ added appearance data&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Image&#039;&#039;&#039;            &lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Image&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|+ &lt;br /&gt;
! [[Image:Sucralose5.gif]]!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;color&amp;gt;white&amp;lt;/color&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  20-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1 Cl           0      -0.578  -2.553   0.472  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -0.858  -1.025   1.386  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  C           0      -1.107   0.120   0.402  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  O           0       0.081   0.384  -0.346  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  C           0       1.104   0.700   0.600  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  H           0       0.650   1.121   1.497  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0       2.066   1.721  -0.011  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0       2.860   1.946   0.700  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  O           0       1.354   2.919  -0.327  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  C           0       2.674   1.132  -1.289  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  H           0       1.895   1.004  -2.040  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  O           0       3.683   2.012  -1.790  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0       3.294  -0.229  -0.954  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14 Cl           0       4.696   0.003   0.155  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  H           0       3.631  -0.712  -1.872  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  C           0       2.240  -1.103  -0.271  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  H           0       1.384  -1.223  -0.935  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0       2.840  -2.476   0.038  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  O           0       1.835  -3.319   0.605  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  O           0       1.816  -0.488   0.942  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  C           0      -1.535   1.386   1.169  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  H           0      -1.546   1.197   2.242  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  O           0      -0.663   2.476   0.863  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0      -2.967   1.674   0.656  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0      -2.954   2.426  -0.134  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  O           0      -3.821   2.079   1.728  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0      -3.396   0.293   0.097  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  H           0      -3.742  -0.355   0.902  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  C           0      -4.483   0.456  -0.966  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30 Cl           0      -5.040  -1.170  -1.511  0.00  0.00          Cl+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  O           0      -2.180  -0.227  -0.490  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  H           0      -1.727  -1.143   2.034  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       0.019  -0.798   1.993  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       1.995   3.533  -0.709  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  H           0       4.037   1.603  -2.592  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       3.213  -2.925  -0.882  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       3.661  -2.363   0.746  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  H           0       2.253  -4.172   0.785  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0      -0.978   3.237   1.368  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0      -4.694   2.242   1.344  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  H           0      -5.325   1.006  -0.544  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  H           0      -4.080   1.006  -1.817  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  47&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3   32   33                                         NONE  48&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    3    2   31    4   21                                         NONE  49&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    3    5    0    0                                         NONE  50&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    5    4   20    6    7                                         NONE  51&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    5    8    9   10                                         NONE  52&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    9    7   34    0    0                                         NONE  53&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   10    7   11   12   13                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   12   10   35    0    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   10   14   15   16                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   14   13    0    0    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   16   13   17   18   20                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   16   19   36   37                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   19   18   38    0    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   20   16    5    0    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   21    3   22   23   24                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   23   21   39    0    0                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   21   25   26   27                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   40    0    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   24   28   29   31                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   29   27   30   41   42                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   30   29    0    0    0                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   31   27    3    0    0                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: left; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;Lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;12&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;19&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;8&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular weight&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|130 °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|White crystalline powder&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;br /&gt;
*&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3277</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3277"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:46:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: spacing change&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==How is Retinal affected by the absorption of light?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The absorption of light causes the pi-bond to break allowing the molecule to rotate. This allows the retinal molecule to change shape. The new shape of the molecule affects the shape of the protein to which the retinal molecule is attached to. This process occurs via a signal that passes along the optic nerve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3269</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3269"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:43:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal */ added new table rows&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Appearance&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==How is Retinal affected by the absorption of light?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The absorption of light causes the pi-bond to break allowing the molecule to rotate. This allows the retinal molecule to change shape. The new shape of the molecule affects the shape of the protein to which the retinal molecule is attached to. This process occurs via a signal that passes along the optic nerve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3248</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3248"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:34:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* References */ fixed reference&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;/jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==How is Retinal affected by the absorption of light?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The absorption of light causes the pi-bond to break allowing the molecule to rotate. This allows the retinal molecule to change shape. The new shape of the molecule affects the shape of the protein to which the retinal molecule is attached to. This process occurs via a signal that passes along the optic nerve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3230</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3230"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:24:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: added reference&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&amp;lt;/size&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
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ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
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CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. Beilstein Data: Copyright (c) 1988-2006, Beilstein institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften licensed to Beilstein GmBH and MDL information systems GmbH&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3225</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3225"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:17:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Properties of Cis-Retinal */ added data to tables&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;zoom 100; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
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AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|CC1(C)C(/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C\C(C)=C\C=O)=C(C)CCC1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3223</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3223"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:11:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: Added table of properties&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;
== Properties of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix : right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical name&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|(11Z)-retinal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Chemical formula&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|C&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;20&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;28&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;O&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Molecular mass&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|284 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;General properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; |&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscelleneous&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3221</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3221"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T13:00:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: added 3D structure&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;toccolours&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;fix: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;2D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;lt blue&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;3D Structure&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[image:Cis-RetinalSo.gif]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;jmol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;jmolApplet&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;size&amp;gt;400&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; bns 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;HEADER    NONAME 20-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
   HEADER    NONAME 23-Oct-06                                              NONE   1&lt;br /&gt;
TITLE                                                                   NONE   2&lt;br /&gt;
AUTHOR    WWW daemon apache                                             NONE   3&lt;br /&gt;
REVDAT   1  23-Oct-06     0                                             NONE   4&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      1  O           0      -4.284   3.090  -0.370  0.00  0.00           O+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      2  C           0      -4.565   2.093   0.267  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      3  H           0      -5.014   2.185   1.244  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      4  C           0      -4.301   0.826  -0.264  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      5  H           0      -3.848   0.734  -1.240  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      6  C           0      -4.620  -0.304   0.458  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      7  C           0      -5.252  -0.175   1.820  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      8  H           0      -5.510  -1.165   2.196  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM      9  H           0      -4.549   0.302   2.503  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     10  H           0      -6.155   0.431   1.745  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     11  C           0      -4.356  -1.571  -0.074  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     12  H           0      -5.156  -2.288  -0.184  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     13  C           0      -3.075  -1.905  -0.455  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     14  H           0      -2.888  -2.841  -0.961  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     15  C           0      -2.013  -1.030  -0.187  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     16  H           0      -2.209  -0.062   0.250  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     17  C           0      -0.732  -1.401  -0.480  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     18  C           0      -0.460  -2.751  -1.091  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     19  H           0       0.617  -2.905  -1.166  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     20  H           0      -0.895  -3.529  -0.463  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     21  H           0      -0.903  -2.796  -2.086  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     22  C           0       0.332  -0.523  -0.212  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     23  H           0       0.148   0.407   0.306  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     24  C           0       1.593  -0.845  -0.603  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     25  H           0       1.769  -1.745  -1.174  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     26  C           0       2.679   0.001  -0.262  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     27  C           0       2.629   1.266  -0.646  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     28  C           0       1.416   1.729  -1.413  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     29  H           0       0.676   2.124  -0.718  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     30  H           0       1.708   2.509  -2.116  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     31  H           0       0.989   0.888  -1.959  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     32  C           0       3.711   2.266  -0.361  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     33  H           0       4.301   2.427  -1.263  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     34  H           0       3.259   3.209  -0.052  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     35  C           0       4.621   1.753   0.756  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     36  H           0       4.080   1.760   1.702  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     37  H           0       5.501   2.391   0.833  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     38  C           0       5.048   0.319   0.417  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     39  H           0       5.449   0.286  -0.595  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     40  H           0       5.809  -0.013   1.124  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     41  C           0       3.817  -0.587   0.519  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     42  C           0       3.414  -0.733   1.988  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     43  H           0       3.178   0.249   2.399  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     44  H           0       2.538  -1.377   2.062  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     45  H           0       4.238  -1.173   2.549  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     46  C           0       4.155  -1.967  -0.050  0.00  0.00           C+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     47  H           0       4.922  -2.436   0.566  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     48  H           0       3.260  -2.589  -0.051  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
ATOM     49  H           0       4.524  -1.859  -1.070  0.00  0.00           H+0&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    1    2    0    0    0                                         NONE  54&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    2    1    3    4    0                                         NONE  55&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    4    2    5    6    0                                         NONE  56&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    6    4    7   11    0                                         NONE  57&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT    7    6    8    9   10                                         NONE  58&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   11    6   12   13    0                                         NONE  59&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   13   11   14   15    0                                         NONE  60&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   15   13   16   17    0                                         NONE  61&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   17   15   18   22    0                                         NONE  62&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   18   17   19   20   21                                         NONE  63&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   22   17   23   24    0                                         NONE  64&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   24   22   25   26    0                                         NONE  65&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   26   24   41   27    0                                         NONE  66&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   27   26   28   32    0                                         NONE  67&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   28   27   29   30   31                                         NONE  68&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   32   27   33   34   35                                         NONE  69&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   35   32   36   37   38                                         NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   38   35   39   40   41                                         NONE  71&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   41   38   26   42   46                                         NONE  72&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   42   41   43   44   45                                         NONE  73&lt;br /&gt;
CONECT   46   41   47   48   49                                         NONE  74&lt;br /&gt;
END                                                                     NONE  75&lt;br /&gt;
                                          NONE  70&lt;br /&gt;
&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;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>So105</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3218</id>
		<title>It:Retinal</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chemwiki.ch.ic.ac.uk/index.php?title=It:Retinal&amp;diff=3218"/>
		<updated>2006-10-23T12:53:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: Added 2D structure&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Structure of Cis-Retinal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>File:Cis-RetinalSo.gif</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-23T12:47:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: &lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: /* Supplemental  Project Page */ added new molecule (Retinal)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>It:Sucralose</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-23T12:35:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;So105: minor change to main text&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Sucralose is sweetener that is produced from suger to act as a low-calorie substitute. It has a similar taste to surgar but is around 600 times sweeter. Sucralose low-calorie characteristic originates from its inability for most of the substance to be metabolised by the body, although this molecule is made from sugar the human body does not recognise Sucralose as a carbohydrate, therefore the molecule is not broken down for energy and the Sucralose molecule(s) is passed through the body unchanged and is eliminated shortly after consumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Structure of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Properties of Sucralose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|398 g/mol&lt;br /&gt;
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| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Physical properties&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Melting point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Boiling point&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|... °C&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Apparence&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Miscellaneous &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| SMILES&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;|ClC[C@]1(O[C@]2([H])[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@](Cl)&lt;br /&gt;
([H])[C@@H](CO)O2)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CCl)O1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. [http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/sucralosebroch.cfm/ IFIC foundations] - Everthing you need to know about Sucralose&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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