As we start a new academic year, I would like to draw to your attention to the major
enhancements to ChemTube3D http://www.chemtube3d.com
that we have implemented over the Summer.
ChemTube3D uses Jmol to depict interactive 3D animations for many of the important
organic reactions covered during an undergraduate degree with supporting information on
reactivity. Each intermediate and each mechanistic step is presented in turn, for careful
consideration in 3D, providing additional insight.
New collections covering more advanced material including Pericyclic reactions,
Rearrangements, Fragmentations, Carbenes, and selected reactions involving boron and
silicon have been added.
In addition we have included charges and lone pairs in the animated 3D reaction
sequences which aids understanding.
I hope you will find it interesting and useful. It is intended to supplement existing
textbooks and lectures and I use it regularly projected - Jmol makes it look great! Direct
links to particular reactions can be added to VLEs or students can browse for themselves.
With your help, I would like every UK undergraduate to be made aware of this resource.
I would be very grateful for any feedback, suggestions for important new reactions that
should be included would be welcome, as would corrections and comments.
This is part of a Development project supported by the Higher Education Academy
Physical Sciences centre who have also supported a new project covering inorganic solid
state structures http://www.chemtube3d.com/solidstate which exploits the ability of Jmol
to display multiple synchronized views of structures.
Best regards
Nick
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Nick Greeves via OS X Mail
Director of Teaching and Learning
Department of Chemistry
University of Liverpool
Donnan and Robert Robinson Laboratories
Crown Street, LIVERPOOL L69 7ZD U.K.
Email address: [log in to unmask]
WWW Pages: http://www.chemtube3d.com
Tel: +44 (0)151-794-3506 (3500 secretary)
Dept Fax: +44 (0)151-794-3588
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