I am an analytical chemist currently working as a method
development chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. I have a
strong background in Gas Chromatography- Mass
Spectrometry. I am also interested in lots of other stuff.
Below is a Jmol Applet
(Java enabled Web Browser required) which shows a molecular model
of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole
that you can manipulate:
Controls:
This is the structure of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole one of the most potent known causes of off odours and off flavours in food.
Here is a mass spectrum of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole from an analysis I carried out while working on a method for the trace analysis of chlorophenols and chloroanisoles in food and beverages.
A long time ago I studied biochemistry at the University of Kent at Canterbury. I later completed a M.Sc. in Biomolecular Organization by part time study at Birkbeck College University of London while working as a mass spectrometrist at King's College London.
I am a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Biology and also the Chemical Institute of Canada. Over the years I have developed a passing interest in Computational Chemistry .
This is the structure of pcb 77 the most toxic of the polychlorinated biphenyls.
While this is an electron density map of pcb 77 that I calculated using the AM1 Hamiltonian for a poster at the Dioxin 92 Conference.
If you are interested you can read my resume.
My family is on the net; my wife Laura and our dogs Chewy and Chelsea have their own homepages.
Keep on Surfing!
Bill
Email billgunn@hwcn.org
