Interestingly, that molecule has the opposite configuration. The actual model<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Molecular_model_of_Penicillin_by_Dorothy_Hodgkin_%289663803982%29.jpg>has a posting saying "(wrong absolute configuration)". I wonder what's the story behind it...
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Gregg Crichlow <gregg.crich...@gmail.com>wrote: > Actually, it was noticing penG that made me mouse over it myself. After > spending many years completing a thesis on beta-lactamases, I was very > surprised - and excited - to see that on something as main-stream as > Google. But then when I paid attention more closely, I saw that they even > have a good representation of the electron density in three orthogonal > planes surrounding the molecule! Dr. James Knox (my thesis advisor) just > informed me that the density maps are on exhibit at the British Museum of > Science. > I have heard so much about Dorothy Hodgkin from my thesis advisor, > that I became very familiar with her name and legacy, although I never had > met her. > > Gregg > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Robert Sweet <sw...@bnl.gov> wrote: > >> Check out google.com. They're announcing what would have been Dorothy >> Hodgkin's 104th b-day. I saw the molecule, and said to myself, "My >> goodness, that's penicillin G," and the mouseover announced the big day. >> >> She was a great scientist and a friend to thousands of us. >> >> Bob >> >> ========================================================================= >> Robert M. Sweet E-Dress: sw...@bnl.gov >> Group Leader, PXRR: Macromolecular ^ (that's L >> Crystallography Research Resource at NSLS not 1) >> http://px.nsls.bnl.gov/ >> Photon Sciences and Biosciences Dept >> Office and mail, Bldg 745, a.k.a. LOB-5 >> Brookhaven Nat'l Lab. Phones: >> Upton, NY 11973 631 344 3401 (Office) >> U.S.A. 631 344 2741 (Facsimile) >> ========================================================================= >> > > -- Javier M. Gonzalez, PhD. Protein Crystallography Station Bioscience Division Bioenergy and Biome Sciences Group (B-11) Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-3, Building 4200, Room 202B Mailstop T007 Los Alamos, NM 87545 Phone: +1 (505) 667-9376 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/javier-gonz%C3%A1lez/22/7b/83a> Email<bio...@gmail.com>
