You can read more about the origin of this post, here. When it comes to nomenclature, organic chemistry is notoriously full of contradictions,...
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Organic Chemistry
Not an Organic Textbook – Part 1. Poop, coffee, beer and deer
A few years ago, I spent a couple of years writing an organic chemistry textbook of sorts. I say 'of sorts', since it was aimed at a high school...
ChemSketch – Student’s first attempts 2016
Honestly I'm not a fan of sharing student work in general (I think that sharing has limited value) however this is one of the rare occasions I like...
Elephants, fentanyl, carfentanil and death in middle America
At the start of the school year in August of 2015, I read a number of stories (for example, here, here and here) about fentanyl, a drug that was...
The Organic Nomenclature Rabbit-Hole
Organic nomenclature questions can start off so innocently, then before one knows it, one has wasted more time than a 16 year old on Instagram,...
ChemSketch – Student’s first attempts 2015
Honestly I'm not a fan of sharing student work in general (I think that sharing has limited value) however this is one of the rare occasions I like...
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Answers to Organic Worksheets 01b, 01c and 01d have been added.
Pizza and more, mythical ‘molecules’
Don't worry, I know this is not possible. It's OK, I am (relatively) sane, however whenever I see a molecule in an unusual setting that's either...
The Artist’s License – revoked (again)!
Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) wrote a book. David Dobbs (@David_Dobbs) reviewed it in The New York Times. Klaas Verplancke (@klaasics) drew a picture...
Tiny, deadly and related molecules
Over the course of the last few months, a small, very simple, quite well-known, and potentially deadly molecule has been in the news. If you are...