Elemental and Molecular Heritage: An Internet-based Display

Henry S. Rzepa

Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2AY.

Abstract: The background to a Web page describing elemental and molecular heritage at Imperial College chemistry department is described. Photographs are shown of the original samples of elemental bromine and crystalline silicon, and molecular ferrocene and mauveine. 3D "Hyperactive" models of these systems are shown, together with a recently discovered heterocyclic system sscorpionine, which like mauveine is made by a deceptively simple chemical synthesis.
The full article is published as H. S. Rzepa, Molecules, 1998, 3, 94-99. An Acrobat version is also available.