Using Building-Block Puzzles To Practice Drawing Organic Mechanisms

• Ender Erdik ^[1]
  1. [1] Ankara University

     Ankara University

     Turquía

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 82, Nº 9, 2005, pág. 1325
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This pencil-and-paper activity is designed to test the ability of students in writing intermediates and products in the reactions of ketones. An undergraduate student who is successful in organic chemistry at the sophomore level is expected to fill in empty boxes with the appropriate "building blocks", which are atoms and atom groups (neutral or ionic). Solving the puzzle will give the formulas of reactants, reactive intermediates, and products. Students test their understanding of reaction mechanisms while having fun. This in-class or at-home activity can also be used as a test.