All Organic chemistry articles – Page 4
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Interview‘We’re interested in using that same concept to make surfaces antiviral’
Meet Mark Moloney, an organic chemist who spends his time pondering surfaces and hunting antibiotics
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IdeasLearning at home for 16–18
Use these curriculum-relevant resources and activities remotely with your 16–18 classes
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IdeasHelp students find reliable internet resources for organic chemistry
Teach your pupils to make the right research choices in a never-ending ocean of options
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Job profileAssociate scientist, pharmaceuticals
Holly develops new medicines at a global pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca alongside completing her degree apprenticeship
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NewsMaking ethanol from lignin
A new method can produce ethanol from rewnable lignin and carbon dioxide
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ResourceThe chemistry of chemical weapons
In this activity you will look at the chemistry behind a number of chemical weapons that have been employed throughout history
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ResourceEssential chemistry of pharmaceuticals
Explore the role of chemistry in drug discovery with this worksheet
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FeatureWhy you need A-level chemistry to study pharmacy
Why chemistry is essential to understand and manufacture safe, effective medicines
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IdeasTeaching organic mechanisms
How to help students get to grips with organic reaction mechanisms
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FeatureReef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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Exhibition chemistryThe glow stick reaction
Light up the classroom with this simple, safe and value-for-money demonstration of chemiluminescence
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ResourceOrganic synthesis 16–18
Challenge your students to recall the reagents, conditons and mechanism for various organic transformations to answer these Starter for ten questions.
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ResourceCompounds with amine groups 16–18
Assess your students’ awareness of compounds with amines groups with a Starter for ten activity covering classifying amines and amides, properties of amines, amino acids among other amine subjects.
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ResourceAromatic chemistry 16–18
Use these Starter for ten questions to challenge your students to name aromatic compounds and recall the structure of benzene and electrophilic substitution mechanisms.
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ResourceCarbonyl chemistry 16–18
Consolidate your students’ knowledge of the synthesis and reactions of carbonyl compounds using these Starter for ten questions.
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ResourceOrganic chemistry starters 16–18
Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms