All Organic chemistry articles – Page 6
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ResourceChemical reactions
This resource includes information about some key misconceptions that have been uncovered by research and ideas about a variety of teaching approaches that may help avoid students acquiring some common misconceptions.
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Food and drink chemistry infographics
Use this collection of visually stimulating and informative infographics about the chemistry of food and drink as a valuable addition to your science classroom. Find the answers to questions such as ‘Is the galaxy raspberry flavoured?’; ‘Why shouldn’t I drink grapefruit juice if I’m taking medication?’ and, ‘What are the ...
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Titration screen experiment
Give students the opportunity to conduct their own titration experiment on a computer or tablet. This resource also includes a redox titration experiment.
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Carbon dioxide gets stoned
Locking Earth’s excess carbon dioxide away by turning it into rock
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Designing an organic synthesis
View a summary of how to approach the synthesis of an organic compound, focussing on the construction of key bonds. Follow an example multistep synthesis using standard organic transformations, answering questions along the way. This page is suitable for students beginning organic chemistry. Designing an organic synthesis This page is ...
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Soundbite
Is there a dark secret in your crispy potatoes?
Acrylamide may not be quite as bad as it seems
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Colourful food: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to colours in food with this short podcast.
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Dibrominated tag helps identify new natural products
New substance allows researchers to find new aldehyde- and ketone-containing natural products
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Chemistry stinks
Jacob Cox, Simon Rees and Peter Banks describe educational techniques linking the sense of smell with memory
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Nitration of methyl benzoate
Synthesise and recrystallize a sample of methyl 3-nitrobenzoate.
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Magnificent molecules
Spilanthol
Jen Newton finds the active molecule in electric daisies is not to her taste
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Synthesis Explorer
Plan synthetic routes and study key organic chemistry reactions interactively.
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Recycling the undesired enantiomer of Naproxen
This context/problem-based learning (C/PBL) resource is part of a collection we have commissioned for you to use with your undergraduate students. This 5 credit module is based on the following scenario:Your students work for a company that produces (S)-naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), via a racemic method. Whilst (S)-naproxen ...
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