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In the Laboratory
A Research-Based Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry
Thomas A. Newton, Henry J. Tracy, and Caryn Prudenté
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 04104-9300
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December 2006
Vol. 83 No. 12
p. 1844

Abstract
The development, implementation, evolution, and evaluation of a unique approach to laboratory instruction in organic chemistry is described. The new course involves a multistep synthesis of group 14 metalloles. The program employs a combinatorial strategy to offer every student a different group 14 metallole as their personal synthetic target. Evaluation by faculty, students, and external evaluators indicates that this approach is superior to the more traditional laboratory course it replaced. Using this combinatorial approach as a model, any research project that involves a synthetic component can be incorporated into an undergraduate laboratory curriculum.
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Newton, Thomas A.; Tracy, Henry J.; Prudenté, Caryn. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 1844.
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Keywords
Combinatorial Chemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry; Organometallics; Problem Solving / Decision Making; Second-Year Undergraduate; Synthesis; Undergraduate Research
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