Chemistry:PG5 (molecule)
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Short description: Largest stable synthetic molecule ever made
PG5 is the largest stable synthetic molecule ever made.[1] PG5 was designed by the organic chemistry research group working at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich.[2]
Properties
PG5 has a molecular mass of about 200 MDa or 200,000,000 g/mol. It has roughly 20 million atoms and a diameter of roughly 10 nm. Its length is up to a few micrometers.[3] It is similar in size to a tobacco mosaic virus with comparable length and diameter. PG5 was shown to be resistant against attempts to flatten the structure.[2]
References
- ↑ Veldhuis, Djuke. "Tree-like giant is largest molecule ever made" (in en-US). https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19931-tree-like-giant-is-largest-molecule-ever-made/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Largest Molecule Ever Made Could Be Used to Deliver Drugs" (in en-US). 2019-03-18. https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/most-massive-synthetic-molecule-could-be-used-deliver-drugs-or-make-new-materials/.
- ↑ "The largest synthetic molecule" (in en). https://polychem.mat.ethz.ch/outreach/Thelargestsyntheticmolecule.html.[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
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