Literature
Assignment #1
Purpose:
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Introduce students to reading organic chemistry journals
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Help students find journals on-line and in the
library
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Discover the specifics of a recent journal article
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Find an article in an appropriate organic chemistry journal that is
related to a topic we covered in class.
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Read the abstract, introduction and conclusions and skim the
article.
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In
a 1 – 3 page paper, write about why the authors conducted the
research, what fundamental questions were being investigated, what
thesis statement the authors present, what conclusions were drawn
and how this information is pertinent to the class.
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