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Niederer, Kyle A.; Fodor, Matthew D.; Catino, Arthur J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Torsional effects influence kinetic selectivity in a wide range of organic transformations. As such, textbooks commonly use Newman projections to illustrate the torsional effects that arise in their transition states. Unfortunately, these representations fall short when the reaction occurs "within a ring." In many cases, the torsional…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Visualization, College Science
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Crouch, R. David – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
Chemistry is a good entry to many topics in nanotechnology. This paper describes a non-science majors' course in which chemical concepts provide the background to the study of this new field. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Students, Nonmajors, Scientific Concepts
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Rash, Agnes M.; Zurbach, E. Peter – PRIMUS, 2004
The intention of this article is to present a year-long interdisciplinary course, Mathematical Models in Chemistry. The course is comprised of eleven units, each of which has both a mathematical and a chemical component. A syllabus of the course is given and the format of the class is explained. The interaction of the professors and the content is…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Chemistry, College Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Approach