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Uniken
Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 318 (No.lB of 1991)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the News Service
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post - Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text8 November 1991
Fix this textChemists study
Fix this textnew polymers
Fix this textResearchers at UNSW’s
Fix this textDepartment of Organic
Fix this textChemistry have been
Fix this textawarded Australian Research
Fix this textCouncil funding to develop
Fix this textand explore the uses of a new
Fix this textclass of biological and indus-
Fix this texttrial chemicals.
Fix this textEighty groups of research
Fix this textchemists around the world are
Fix this textworking on developing new
Fix this text‘molecular baskets’, called cal-
Fix this textixarenes, derived from the reactions
Fix this textof formaldehyde with a class of
Fix this textorganic compounds known as
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Fix this textBecause of the unusual ‘cup’or
Fix this textbasket shape of calixarenes (calyx
Fix this textis Graeco-Latin for cup) and a
Fix this textweak electric charge that is main-
Fix this texttained inside the cup, calixarenes
Fix this texthave many useful chemical char-
Fix this textacteristics - such as the ability to
Fix this textextract some metals from solution.
Fix this textCalixarenes have been used in
Fix this textJapan to extract uranium from sea
Fix this textwater. They can also mimic some
Fix this textenzymes.
Fix this textThe calixarenes in present use
Fix this textare an offshoot of the intensive
Fix this textresearch that went into the phenol-
Fix this textformaldehyde reactions that have
Fix this textproduced an impressive list of
Fix this textsynthetic plastics. The first of these
Fix this textwas Bakelite, patented in 1908.
Fix this textDespite the successes of the
Fix this textphenol-aldehyde polymers and
Fix this textcalixarenes. Professor David
Fix this textBlack, UNSW’s Professor of Or-
Fix this textganic Chemistry, believes that re-
Fix this textsearch into the phenol-formalde-
Fix this texthyde reactions has become limited
Fix this textby the restricted number of phenols
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Fix this textWhile doing research into
Fix this textmetal complex wool dyes some
Fix this textyears ago. Professor Black moved
Fix this textinto indole chemistry. Subsequent
Fix this textwork has led to a fundamental
Fix this textbreakthrough in developing elec-
Fix this texttron-rich indoles which display
Fix this texthigh reactivity towards formalde-
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Fix this textIndoles have been known for a
Fix this textlong time. One is the basis of
Fix this textlysergic acid derivatives, including
Fix this textLSD. Another forms the basis of
Fix this textserotonin, an important chemical
Fix this textthat controls biological rhythms in
Fix this textthe body. These and many other in-
Fix this textdoles are derived from the essential
Fix this textamino-acid, tryptophane.
Fix this textThe products of the indole-
Fix this textaldehyde reactions, which preserve
Fix this texttheir indole structure, are expected,
Fix this textby analogy with the formaldehyde-
Fix this textphenol products, to have a wide
Fix this textrange of useful properties as poly-
Fix this textmers and ‘molecular baskets’.
Fix this textMineral extraction
Fix this textMolecular baskets, with their
Fix this textability to mimic enzymes and their
Fix this textaffinity for certain metals, raise the
Fix this textpossibility that they could be suit-
Fix this textable for mineral extraction, as well
Fix this textas a host of biological and pharma-
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Fix this textBasic indoles have a maximum
Fix this textof seven points in their structure at
Fix this textwhich they could be reactive but
Fix this textmost reactions occur at only two or
Fix this textthree points. Professor Black and
Fix this texthis group have succeeded in ex-
Fix this texttending the reactions to more of the
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Fix this textTo the best of their knowledge.
Fix this textContinued on page 3
Fix this textMementos frome the Guggenheim
Fix this textVisitors to the Guggen-
Fix this textheim Exhibition now at the
Fix this textArt Gallery of New South
Fix this textWales can’t make off with an
Fix this textAlexander Calder mobile or a
Fix this textDelaunay painting, but they
Fix this textcan take away some avant
Fix this textgarde jewellery inspired by
Fix this textthe two artists.
Fix this textLisa Pittar, a postgraduate stu-
Fix this textdent at UNSW’s College of Fine
Fix this textArts, has worked long hours to
Fix this textcomplete a commission offered her
Fix this textby the Gallery Bookshop, to pro-
Fix this textduce jewellery in the style of any
Fix this texttwo artists whose work is repre-
Fix this textsented in the current exhibition.
Fix this text“I chose Calder and Delaunay
Fix this textfor my models,” Lisa told
Fix this textUNIKEN.
Fix this textCalder uses mainly black in his
Fix this text“stabiles” - and red and silver for
Fix this texthis mobiles (mobiles that are fixed
Fix this textbut with hinged parts) which move
Fix this textin prescribed patterns.
Fix this text“He prefers organic forms,”
Fix this textLisa said - “leaves and petal shapes
Fix this textare favourites.”
Fix this textShe has produced a necklace in
Fix this text10 different Calderesque shapes,
Fix this texttwo lots of earrings and one stick-
Fix this textpin. One set of earrings has a petal
Fix this textshape and the other a leaf shape.
Fix this textThey are all in flat metal (anodised
Fix this textaluminium).
Fix this textRobert Delaunay, a painter in
Fix this textabstract circular shapes, inspired
Fix this texther to produce a complex disc-
Fix this textshaped structure for one set of ear-
Fix this textrings made in gold-plated brass.
Fix this textShe also came up with a
Fix this textDelaunay inspired neckpiece of 10
Fix this textcomponents, along with a pendant.
Fix this textLisa is one of several Sydney
Fix this textjewellers invited to produce exhi-
Fix this textbition memorabilia for the Gallery.
Fix this text“We only do this with really
Fix this textimportant exhibitions,” said Clytie
Fix this textBlaxland, assistant manager of the
Fix this textGallery Bookshop. She and col-
Fix this textleague, Gillian Williamson, along
Fix this textwith the manager, Brian Turner,
Fix this textconceived the jewellery scheme as
Fix this texta more interesting supplement to
Fix this textthe standard T-shirt and cards
Fix this textmemorabilia available to patrons.
Fix this text“We chose different jewellers
Fix this textfor the Paris Opera Exhibition,”
Fix this textMs Blaxland said. “But we decided
Fix this textit would be a good idea to widen
Fix this textthe range and give other jewellers
Fix this textan opportunity to take up the
Fix this textchallenge.”
Fix this textLisa said; “I was delighted to
Fix this textbe asked. The time frame was a bit
Fix this textshort, but I’m happy with the result
Fix this textand so is the Gallery.”
Fix this textNews from UNSWs campuses at Kensington; the University College, ADFA; St George, Oatley; College of Fine Arts, Paddington |
Fix this textProfessor Black manipulates a model of one of the indole compounds his group has made; “We have so many
Fix this textstructural possibilities that one of our tasks will be to decide which new compounds we don’t want to make.”
Fix this textLisa Pittar ... delighted to be asked to design jewellery.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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