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Ault, Addison – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
In this article I support and extend the ideas presented by J. Brent Friesen in his article "Saying What You Mean; Teaching Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry" ("JCE" November, 2008). I emphasize "telling the truth" about proton transfers. The truth is that in aqueous acid most reactions are subject to "specific" acid catalysis: the only kinetically…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, College Science