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...
Tiny, deadly and related molecules
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Organic Chemistry
Organic Nomenclature – 25 years in
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...
Organic Chemistry Options 2014-15
So you think that you might be interested in taking a high school, organic chemistry course, delivered by me either at The Westminster Schools, or...
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 4, ‘skunky’ beer
Having written this, this and this before, you'll know that I like to read (and write) about beery molecules. As such, I was intrigued to receive an...
Beery Molecules – part 3, hypothesis
Following this post and this post, here's the third in the series about the appearance of dubious molecules in beer/pop culture. This time we turn...
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...
Question for professors of organic chemistry at the undergraduate level
My suspicion is that professors of organic chemistry who teach at the undergraduate level fall into a couple of different camps. Those that require...
