CHED 398 |
| Benzoic acid and sodium benzoate are commonly added to foods, in particular to breads, to retard mold growth. In order to develop a simple experiment to demonstrate structure activity relationships between organic chemicals and biological activity, the relative effectiveness of a variety of substituted benzoic acids as fungistats for common bread molds have been studied. Since several of the desired disubstituted benzoic acids are not commercially available, this project provided an interesting justification for the synthesis of a variety of substituted benzoic acids. In addition the mechanism of action was explored by examination of some structure activity relationships |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Monday, 27 March 2006 Georgia World Congress Center -- Ex. Hall B4, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |