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Protein folding problem: Is it possible to predict the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of a polypeptide sequence based solely on the sequence and environmental information? Inverse protein-folding problem: Is it possible to design a polypeptide sequence which will adopt a given structure under certain environmental conditions?
Thiocyanate complexes are not widely used commercially. Possibly the oldest application of thiocyanate complexes was the use of thiocyanate as a test for ferric ions in aqueous solution. [14] The reverse was also used: testing for the presence of thiocyanate by the addition of ferric salts. The 1:1 complex of thiocyanate and iron is deeply red.
Within chemistry, a Job plot, otherwise known as the method of continuous variation or Job's method, is a method used in analytical chemistry to determine the stoichiometry of a binding event. The method is named after Paul Job and is also used in instrumental analysis and advanced chemical equilibrium texts and research articles.
In coordination chemistry, a stability constant (also called formation constant or binding constant) is an equilibrium constant for the formation of a complex in solution. It is a measure of the strength of the interaction between the reagents that come together to form the complex. There are two main kinds of complex: compounds formed by the ...
Thiocyanate [6] is known to be an important part in the biosynthesis of hypothiocyanite by a lactoperoxidase. [7] [8] [9] Thus the complete absence of thiocyanate or reduced thiocyanate [10] in the human body, (e.g., cystic fibrosis) is damaging to the human host defense system.
An example of a low-spin iron(III) complex is [Fe(CN) 6] 3−. The cyanide ligands may easily be detached in [Fe(CN) 6 ] 3− , and hence this complex is poisonous, unlike the iron(II) complex [Fe(CN) 6 ] 4− found in Prussian blue, [ 16 ] which does not release hydrogen cyanide except when dilute acids are added. [ 17 ]
List of unsolved problems may refer to several notable conjectures or open problems in various academic fields: Natural sciences, engineering and medicine [ edit ]
For example, it will react with diluted sulfuric acid under heating forming potassium sulfate, ferric sulfate and hydrogen cyanide. 2 K 3 [Fe(CN) 6] + 6 H 2 SO 4 → 3 K 2 SO 4 + Fe 2 (SO 4) 3 + 12 HCN. This won't occour with concentrated sulfuric acid as hydrolysis to formic acid and dehydration to carbon monoxide will take place instead. [17]