Chemistry in its element podcast – compounds – Page 10

  • Colin Firth as Mr Darcy
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    Darcin

    2017-02-15T15:44:00Z

    Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy lends his name to a pheromone that lets mice feel the love

  • A bag of freshly donated blood
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    Porphyrins

    2017-02-08T18:06:00Z

    Brian Clegg examines the colourful compounds that no red-blooded creature can do without: Porphyrins

  • sodium reacting with water with the blue colour of the solvated electron visible
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    Solvated electrons

    2017-02-02T13:39:00Z

    Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron

  • Ball and stick structure of adamantane
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    Adamantane

    2017-01-26T17:11:00Z

    Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines

  • Surgery
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    Pancuronium bromide

    2017-01-19T17:40:00Z

    Katrina Krämer explores one of the key muscle relaxants used in surgery

  • A cattle skull on bare ground
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    TCDD or dioxin

    2017-01-11T16:49:00Z

    Matt Gunther looks into TCDD, or dioxin, and the tragic Seveso accident

  • A man measuring his waistline with a measuring tape
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    Orlistat

    2017-01-04T16:50:00Z

    With thoughts turning to our festively-expanded waistlines, Kit Chapman looks at a poster child in the battle against obesity

  • Cloves
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    Eugenol

    2016-12-21T16:06:00Z

    One of the defining smells of Christmas leads a double life as fish anaesthetic and insect attractant…

  • A sample of boron on the periodic table
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    Diborane

    2016-12-14T17:34:00Z

    Neil Withers examines a compound with the ‘wrong’ number of bonds

  • Shutterstock 2091531
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    Diazepam

    2016-12-07T17:01:00Z

    Jamie Durrani introduces one of the biggest selling pharmaceuticals in history, the ‘mother’s little helper’: Diazepam

  • Alaska
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    Swainsonine

    2016-11-30T17:03:00Z

    Did this insidious plant poison kill a hiker in Alaska? 

  • Cell division
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    Bromodeoxyuridine

    2016-11-23T16:39:00Z

    Kat Arney illuminates the story of a molecular ‘highlighter pen’ for growing cells

  • Woman with acne
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    Benzoyl peroxide

    2016-11-16T17:21:00Z

    The blondest blonde, the whitest smile, the clearest complexion – all from one essential compound

  • Chocolate drops
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    Butyric acid

    2016-11-09T17:23:00Z

    The taste of American chocolate divides continents. Louise Crane reveals the ingredient that explains why

  • Single-strand damage in DNA
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    PARP: Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase

    2016-11-02T16:10:00Z

    Kat Arney explains how a protein that repairs broken DNA holds the key to killing cancer cells – but only if you stop it from doing its job

  • A lab laser with warning label
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    Neodymium chloride

    2016-10-26T16:19:00Z

    From medicine to the military, this compound makes lasers for a range of applications

  • White tablets
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    Gabapentin

    2016-10-19T16:57:00Z

    Louise Crane documents the rise and fall of Gabapentin – from ‘wonder drug’ to illicit substance in just 50 years

  • Plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate
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    Polyethylene terephthalate

    2016-10-12T17:27:00Z

    The story of one of the most ubiquitous artificial compounds

  • BINAP
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    BINAP

    2016-10-06T18:24:00Z

    The ligand that will give you just the hand you need

  • Chemotherapy session
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    Fluorouracil

    2016-09-28T16:13:00Z

    A substitute for one of the bases in DNA that can cause the death of cancer cells