Molecules Around Us - Vitamin B6.docx - SNC 1D1 Mr....

SNC 1D1
Mr. Salavati
Anna Tymofyeyeva
December 2nd, 2016
Molecules Around Us
Name of
Molecule
Pyridoxine (AKA - Vitamin B6)
Drawing of
Molecule
C⁸H¹¹NO³ ➝ *check other paper*
Structural
Features
● Vitamin B6 (or Pyridoxine), is a molecule made up of eight carbon atoms, one
nitrogen atom, three oxygen atoms, and eleven hydrogen atoms (C H¹¹NO³) ⁸
molecularly bonded together.
● The molecular structure of a Pyridoxine molecule consists of a hexane ring which
has five carbon atoms bonded together and one nitrogen atom. Other smaller lines
of atoms extend from the carbons in the ring, such as oxygens and more carbons.
And from each of those extensions, another one or two hydrogen atoms are bonded.
● In a Pyridoxine molecule, the bonds in which the atoms are connected with are
primarily singular bonds, except for three double bonds in the hexane ring where a
carbon and a carbon are bonded, a carbon and a nitrogen, and another carbon and a
carbon.
Properties 1. The mass of Pyridoxine is 169.18 g/mol (you can get this number by adding up all
of the atoms in a Pyridoxine atom using their amu’s from the periodic table -
C H¹¹NO³ - 12x8+1x11+14x1+16x3=169) ( ⁸ Pubchem )
2. When examining Pyridoxine under a microscope, a multitude of different colours
and lines are bombarded at you. This is present in substances of crystalline
form/structure which transmute light in such a way. Thus, Pyridoxine takes on the