Preparation of P-Nitro Acetanilide - 1351 Words

A Beautiful Mind with an Ugly Mental Disorder Submitted by: Nazila R. Salamkhail V-00410030 Psychology101-901 Instructor: Tim Donahue Virginia Commonwealth University 04/27/2011 The movie â€Å"A Beautiful Mind† is a fascinating movie. Although, I am not a movie watcher, it drew my full attention as soon as I started playing it. It displays the character of a great mathematician John Nash who is struggling with schizophrenia during his college period, and it continues until later in his life. It shows how this disease affects a person’s social and academic life. It is a kind of old movie, showing life of a Princeton University student in late 1940s and 1950s. It traces the main†¦show more content†¦He kept seeing his imaginary friends. But, he deliberately ignored them, although, it was not easy for him. The minimum duration of these symptoms is mentioned as six months in DSM-4. John experienced it for decades. Cause of the behavior is most likely genetic. Some environmental factors like stress can make it worse. In the movie it was not obviously displayed what the main trigger of his disorder was. John’s genetic factors and fam ily history is not quite reflected in the movie. My best guess would be stress could be one big factor contributing to his disorder. Schizophrenia does not come alone. It can come with other problems as severe depression anxiety disorder, all of which together can sometimes end up committing suicide or killing somebody else by the patient. In the movie John cuts his veins once, and he is told by the imaginary police officer to kill his wife once. Also, assuming that his imaginary friend would watch his baby, he almost let his baby sink in their bath tab. Treatment is available for patients with schizophrenia. Plenty of antipsychotic medications have been discovered for this mental disorder. The mechanism of how the medication works is that the psychotic medications suppress the neurotransmitters’ like dopamine’s and serotonin’s activities. Examples of medications are: Molidone which blocks the effects of dopamine in the brain, leading to diminish psychoses. This medication shows quickShow MoreRelatedPreparation of Acetanilide1398 Words   |  6 PagesLearning Activity 1 Preparation of Acetanilide Abstract Recrystallization is a common method of purifying organic substances through the difference in solubility at different temperature. In this experiment, acetanilide was produced by acetylation of aniline with acetic anhydride. The crude acetanilide was dissolved in a solvent in a heating water bath. The solution was cooled slowly in an ice bath as crystals form out. As the compound crystallizes from the solution, molecules of other compoundsRead MorePreparation of P-Nitroaniline1671 Words   |  7 Pageshydrogen substitution. However, this is not thermodynamically favoured because a sp3 hybridized carbon is generated, which disrupts the cyclic conjugation. In order to regenerate the aromatic ring, a proton is lost at the sp3 hybridized carbon. Thus, p-Nitroaniline can be prepared by means of electrophilic aromatic substitution. To begin, nitric acid needs to be activated as it has little electrophilic power. Thus, concentrated sulfuric acid is added to protonate the nitric acid. Dehydration produces