All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 8
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ExperimentScience festivals
This set of handouts can be used to inspire people of all ages to take up chemistry in their own home! Racing raisins, cornflour gloop, erupting volcanoes, reaction times and iron from breakfast cereal are all covered here
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ResourceLimestone weathering
This activity is designed for students aged 11-14. It can be used to reinforce work on the reactions of carbonates with acids as well as the chemical weathering of rock.
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NewsDibrominated tag helps identify new natural products
New substance allows researchers to find new aldehyde- and ketone-containing natural products
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ResourceNitration of methyl benzoate
Synthesise and recrystallize a sample of methyl 3-nitrobenzoate.
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ResourceInvestigating the reaction between manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions
Use a continuous monitoring method to investigate the redox reaction between potassium manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions.
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ExperimentBurning money: what makes combustion happen?
Surprise your students by soaking a piece of paper (or an old £5 note) in ethanol and water and igniting it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceSynthesis Explorer
Plan synthetic routes and study key organic chemistry reactions interactively.
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NewsHPLC-free synthesis slashes protein production time
Tagging system may make building biologically relevant proteins faster, cheaper and greener
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ReviewMolecules – a chemistry card game
Kristy reviews a chemistry card game that's educational and fun
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ResourceRecycling 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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NewsSolar-powered desalination produces energy
Nanocomposite helps to produce drinking water and fuel
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ResourceSix solutions
Devise experiments to label six numbered solutions correctly using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceHydrogen peroxide
Find the best catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide from solutions provided.
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ResourceThree white solids
Devise experiments to label three white solids correctly by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceWhat compound?
Identify a given solid; make a list of all of the compounds the solid could be, suggest as many ways as possible of identifying the solid and use this information to devise an analytical procedure; use this procedure to identify the solid.
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ResourceFour solutions
Devise experiments to label some bottles correctly, using two different approaches.
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ResourceWhich set of ionic compounds?
Devise a procedure to identify four solids and then use this to carry out the identification.
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ResourceFind the chloride
Devise experiments to determine which of five solids is the chloride by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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ResourceDetergency
Explain two observations related to the production of a jelly-like solid when two detergents were used in combination.