Model of a butadiene molecule
- ID-nummer
- 2015.012.001
- Titel
- Model of a butadiene molecule
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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This model depicts the molecule butadiene, which consists of four carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. This molecule was crucial to Roald Hoffmann's work on the role of electron orbits for chemical reactions. In 1964, Hoffmann’s mentor Robert Woodward told him about the novelty of butadiene’s chemical characteristics. He suspected that this was due to how the electron at the outer edge of the molecule moves in an orbit. Hoffmann expanded on this explanation. This plastic model is flexible, and he was able to use it to illustrate how the molecule could change its shape.
Roald Hoffmann donated the model to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2015. - Pristagare
- Roald Hoffmann
- Mått
- Width: 44 cm Height: 16 cm Depth: 28 cm Circumference: 121 cm
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