When Mariah Ollive ’18 signed up for an introductory course in organic chemistry this semester, she expected to spend most of her time reproducing the results of previous lab experiments. Instead, ...

WADE'S “Organic Chemistry” is a book which has enjoyed a deserved popularity for some years. It is therefore only necessary to say that the new edition appears to have been carefully prepared, and ...

WE confess this book makes a strong appeal to us: it approaches our ideal of how organic chemistry should be taught to that difficult person, the student—whose primary interest lies in other fields in ...

“Overwhelmed by Orgo” (C&EN, March 28, page 24) on the crisis in organic chemistry education struck a chord. As an organic chemistry instructor at the university level for more than 20 years, I can ...

Students taking up science majors at Emory University won’t have to worry about the horrors of organic chemistry their sophomore year anymore. The chemistry department has scrapped the course for ...

Organic chemistry makes much of modern life possible. The highly creative science finds ways to make and break chemical bonds to produce increasingly complex materials. The field enables the ...