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What’s the best way to study organic chemistry?
While I have written about why it is difficult to tell students how to learn organic chemistry, perhaps I should talk about the rationale behind my book.
I had researched teaching pedagogy, but I did not find anything concrete and consistent with how I thought organic chemistry might be taught. What does our brain do? How do we learn?
Why is it difficult to give advice on how to study organic chemistry
“Please suggest how to study physical chemistry?” … So please …, as it is not like organic where you can memorize and get an A+.
How do you advise students? Generally, professors seem to follow two main paths, …
Upcoming version of A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms
The next version of A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms to include “optional intermediates”. This should help to bridge the gap between consistency in A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms and commercial textbooks.
Contact lenses and safety in the lab
Is it safe to wear contact lenses in the laboratory?
Are covalent bonds stronger than ionic bonds?
I saw the following question posted on Yahoo!Answers 1) Is … “bond energy” the average of the “bond dissociation energy” within a molecule? Also, is bond dissociation energy referring to the homolytic cleavage of a bond while lattice is referring … Continue reading