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Haemoglobin:
1) Its complex arrangement? |
1) An Fe(II) surrounded octahedrally by: a multidentate ligand consisting of four nitrogen atoms (arranged in a square planar structure around the Fe), a globin ligand consisting of another Nitrogen atom and either a water or oxygen molecule as the 6th ligand.
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Haemoglobin: 2) The danger is? |
1) To transport oxygen around the body (it also gives blood its red colour).
2) CO is a strong ligand, and it can substitute itself onto haemoglobin, preventing it from carrying oxygen around the body therefore proving deadly. |
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Cisplatin:
1) Used as? 2) It works by? 3) A negative aspect to this though is? |
1) An anti cancer drug.
2) It co-ordinately bonds onto the nitrogen atoms of DNA, preventing them from multiplying the cancerous cells. 3) It doesn't only block the cancerous cells from multiplying, it also blocks normal cells such as those of hair... |
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Tollen's reagent:
1) Used for? 2) Its complex is? |
1) A test to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones.
2) [Ag(NH3)2]+ |
