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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik
MO 16: Posters 3: Novelties in Molecular Physics
MO 16.10: Poster
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer
Investigation of the chirality of halothane — •Phillip Burzynski1, Gregor Kastirke1, Martin Pitzer1, Markus Waitz1, Jonathan Neff1, Miriam Weller1, Daniel Metz1, Robert Berger2, Reinhard Dörner1, and Markus Schöffler1 — 1Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main — 2Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg
The investigation of the chirality of complex carbon-based molecules is one important task in various research fields, e.g. biology, pharmacy, chemistry. Physics is looking for examples, where parity is not maintained. State of the art methods allow only to identify the absolute configuration of crystal structured samples by x-rays.
We investigated the chirality of halothane (C2HBrClF3) by using synchrotron radation of various polarization. Halothane is a inhalatic general anesthetic and consists of one more carbon-atom than formerly used targets. Analyzing the fragments in a ColTRIMS set up (Cold Target Recoil Ion Momentum Spectroscopy) can reveal information about the molecular structure. We are able to look at the different reaction channels (up to five ions) and identify the chirality of every ionized target-molecule.