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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > August  >
In the Classroom
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Exploring Organic Mechanistic Puzzles with Molecular Modeling
Gail Horowitz and Gary Schwartz
Department of Chemistry, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033
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August 2004
Vol. 81 No. 8
p. 1136
Abstract
Molecular modeling projects in the form of mechanistic organic puzzles are described. Students, working in small groups, deduced reaction mechanisms and calculated heats of formation of intermediates and products in order to predict thermodynamic and kinetic selectivities of reaction. Student performance and degree of success is discussed. Projects are appropriate for students who have completed one semester of organic chemistry. A 3 - 4 hour laboratory period is required.
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Instructions for the students and detailed notes for the instructor are available.
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*  Citation
 Horowitz, Gail; Schwartz, Gary. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 1136.
*  Keywords
 Collaborative / Cooperative Learning; Computational Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; Mechanisms of Reactions; Molecular Modeling / Dynamics; Organic Chemistry; Reactive Intermediates
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August 10, 2004
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