Spectra, ICT materials and molecules with silly names

By Tony Tooth2008-11-01T00:00:00

Source: Paul May

Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers

Silly names

This is a good site for a bit of personal relaxation at the end of a hard day or to find ideas for introducing some light relief when choosing molecules to use in questions on organic reactions in an unfamiliar context. Unusually named compounds include penguinone and moronic acid as well as many too 'near the knuckle' to name here.

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