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Robert S. H. Liu and Alfred E. Asato

Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, 2545 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822

J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (7), p 783

DOI: 10.1021/ed074p783

Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1997

Abstract

Graphic illustrations, with a Hawaiian flavor, have been introduced to clarify the following concepts encountered in introductory organic chemistry: functional groups, resonance structures, polarizability, ionization in mass spectroscopy and difference in reactivities between alkyl and vinyl halides.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

Keywords (Subject):

Mechanisms of Reactions

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