ChemSpider - reviewed

2,3-dimethylpyrazine

Source: Chemspider

How useful is ChemSpider database for school chemistry teachers?

If you do a Google search for 'ChemSpider' you will find that it is defined as a 'database of chemical structures and property predictions'. Click on the link and you enter a vast interactive library of chemical structures and associated information, with the front page showing 'Molecules of Interest'. The latter change on a regular basis, but at the time of writing, the molecules on show are a series of H1N1 antiviral compounds. These, with their A-level friendly functional groups, could be used to engage students by using a familiar context.  

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