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Monday, March 26, 2007

Monday's Molecule #19

 
Name this molecule. You must be specific but we don't need the full correct scientific name. (If you know it then please post it.)

As usual, there's a connection between Monday's molecule and this Wednesday's Nobel Laureate. This one's easy once you know the molecule and make the connection. There'll be a few extra bonus points for guessing Wednesday's Nobel Laureate(s).

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3 comments :

MDPerry said...

This is warfarin, a famous anticoagulant used as a rat poison and also as an anticlotting treatment for humans suffering from a variety of vascular-related ailments (e.g. arrythmias, hypertension). The drug brand name is coumadin. The nobel is probably for Edward Doisy, the discoverer of Vitamin K (1943) since warfarin is an inhibitor of this vitamin (as I recall).

Alex said...

Incidentally, the chemical names (oh IUPAC) are a google search away: http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/1058964.html
And Henrik Dam shared that Nobel.

Larry Moran said...

Well done. Free lunches for both of you. Meet me on Thursday at noon in my office.

The IUPAC name is 4-oxo-3- (3-oxo-1-phenyl-butyl)chromen-2-olate.