The “organic sailboat” entitled Let’s Go Sailing...is a mapping gimmick for chemistry teachers at the high school and college
level of instruction. The mapping technique is an outline of the inter
reactivity and synthesis of the 15 major types of organic molecules. It
demonstrates the four major types of organic reactions: substitution,
addition, oxidation, and
elimination, along with the special reactions:
Würtz,
Cracking,
Fuse, Neutralization,
Hydrolysis,
Dehydration,
Grignard, and
Esterification.
It is written in general terms and may be used with specific examples ie.
starting with methane and going through the synthesis to a more complex
organic molecule. It shows that the “key hubs” of
reactivity are around carboxylic acids,
alcohols and
alkenes. The
mapping is done along the template of a mizzen mast type sailboat from
which I derived the name Let’s Go Sailing...
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The "Organic" Sailboat
Three reasons for this website:
(1) Education for all on organic chemistry, students and teachers, the material in this website is open for all it is public domain.
(2) Talk to a former high school and college educator...me, about
organic chemistry.
(3) Promote myself to come and make a presentation at your school, ISD,
or
conference.
