May 18, 2016 | Nomenclature, Organic Chemistry |
Organic nomenclature questions can start off so innocently, then before one knows it, one has wasted more time than a 16 year old on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat combined. It all started off so simply. Originally, someone other than me, asked if a phenyl...
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...
