You can read more about the origin of this post, here. When it comes to nomenclature, organic chemistry is notoriously full of contradictions,...
Not an Organic Textbook – Part 2. AHAs and cosmetics
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Anthem Perspectives In Chemistry: Organic Reactions & Applications
Not an Organic Textbook – Part 1. Poop, coffee, beer and deer
A few years ago, I spent a couple of years writing an organic chemistry textbook of sorts. I say 'of sorts', since it was aimed at a high school...
Beery Molecules – part 6, why is humulone an ‘alpha acid’?
Having talked about humulone in a number of the other beery molecules posts, the title of this one poses a question that I actually do not know the...
Beery Molecules – part 5, the one I missed!
I was taking a look back at this post about the Hypothesis IPA label, and I noticed that for some reason I had neglected one of the molecules that...
Beery Molecules – part 2, artistic license
Following this post, here are a few more observations about beer, molecules, and what the art director can get away with when there are no chemists...
Beery Molecules – part 1, fictional molecules
Bear with me as I make a couple of seemingly unconnected statements, and then try to pull them together. Many people reading this blog will already...
Complaining about the number of organic reactions I ask you to learn?
Every summer during my Introduction to Organic Chemistry elective, I ask the students to memorize a small catalog of 21 reactions that they then...
Anthem Perspectives In Chemistry: Organic Chemistry – Reactions and Applications
The initial discussions about my new book, Anthem Perspectives In Chemistry: Organic Chemistry - Reactions and Applications have now taken place,...
