Sep 29, 2015 | Organic Chemistry |
Honestly I’m not a fan of sharing student work in general (I think that sharing has limited value) however this is one of the rare occasions I like to. Because I am so fond of ChemSketch, I like my Introduction to Organic Chemistry students to have a go and...
Sep 4, 2015 | Organic Chemistry, Site News, Subscriber Updates
Answers to Organic Worksheets 01b, 01c and 01d have been added.
Aug 25, 2015 | Organic Chemistry |
Don’t worry, I know this is not possible. It’s OK, I am (relatively) sane, however whenever I see a molecule in an unusual setting that’s either feasible, or in this case unfeasible, I am tempted to dig a little deeper. Sometimes that yields...
Apr 19, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Organic Chemistry |
Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) wrote a book. David Dobbs (@David_Dobbs) reviewed it in The New York Times. Klaas Verplancke (@klaasics) drew a picture to illustrate the review. Here is that picture. (I use it here without permission, but hope that everyone can be...
Nov 16, 2014 | Organic Chemistry |
Over the course of the last few months, a small, very simple, quite well-known, and potentially deadly molecule has been in the news. If you are inclined to pay attention to such things, you may know that this simple molecule was responsible for these recent,...
Aug 31, 2014 | Organic Chemistry |
I’ve been teaching some form of Organic Chemistry at the High School and College 101 level for 25 years now, and although that doesn’t make me any kind of expert on the subject matter, it does give my a pretty decent handle on some of the basic...
