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Publication Date: 2004-Aug-1
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Exploring Organic Mechanistic Puzzles with Molecular Modeling
Horowitz, Gail; Schwartz, Gary
Journal of Chemical Education, v81 n8 p1136 Aug 2004
The molecular modeling was used to reinforce more general skills such as deducing and drawing reaction mechanisms, analyzing reaction kinetics and thermodynamics and drawing reaction coordinate energy diagrams. This modeling was done through the design of mechanistic puzzles, involving reactions not familiar to the students.
Descriptors: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Molecular Structure, Models, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Organic Chemistry, Energy
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