Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910.

[compoundchem@mstdn.social]

Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910. Using X-ray crystallography she determined the structures of complex molecules including vitamin B10 and insulin: https://www.compoundchem.com/2019/05/12/hodgkin/

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@compoundchem Looks like the alt text didn't come through.

[compoundchem@mstdn.social]

@ml Oops, I may have just missed it off in hasty posting! Here it is:

“Infographic titled "Today in Chemistry History" for Dorothy Hodgkin's birthday (12 May 1910). It highlights her Nobel Prize-winning work in X-ray crystallography to determine structures of penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin. Their chemical structures are shown.”

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@compoundchem If you edit the image and pop that in there, I can boost the toot.

Thanks!

[chemicaleyeguy@mstdn.science]

@compoundchem @ml The toot says “vitamin B10”, but the infographic has the structure of vitamin B12. Here is another rendering of that molecule in its cyanocobalamin (pharmacy shelf) form. https://youtu.be/zLyyQh-e9lM?feature=shared