Three crucial scientific observations from mistaken hypotheses
Plater, M. John
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Three crucial scientific observations from mistaken hypotheses
Author(s)
Plater, M. John
Issue Date
2010-03-15
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History
Chemistry
History lithium cisplatin diketopiperazine serendipitous discovery medicine
Abstract
Three examples of serendipitous discovery, which include the treatment of mania with lithium; discovery of cisplatin (II) as in situ drug from platinum electrode; the discovery of heterocycles (bis-diketopiperazines) from EDTA as new drug for treating cancer. The common occurrence of serendipity in medicine, which is still underpinned in chem., is highlighted. Lithium and cisplatin (II) are inorg. compds., whereas a bis-diketopiperazine is an org. compds. that was prepd. by chem. synthesis.
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Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
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text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127769
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2010v035p040
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Copyright 2010 Division of the History of Chemistry
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