
(University of Nottingham)

Available in Windows and Web/Intranet Versions

ISBN: 1 84211 028 4

Supervisor : Nick Shaw Subject Specialist : Cristina De Matteis, Ray Jones

This package is intended for chemistry and/or pharmacy students. Many animations are included in the package in order to emphasise the significance of shape and reactivity within chemical systems.

A screen from one of the Activity Modules Contents

The package is divided into two parts:

Part 1: The Shapes of Molecules

This module includes three sections, which cover the following topics:
Hybridisation:
How hybridisation can explain the spatial orientation of bonds in organic systems.
Stereochemical Representations:
How we can depict three-dimensional molecules on two-dimensional surfaces.
Conformational Analysis:
How the energy of a molecule changes with bond rotation.

Part 2: The Reaction Mechanisms

This module is concerned with the stereochemistry of various reaction mechanisms, including:
SN1 reactions (unimolecular nucleophilic substitution)
SN2 reactions (bimolecular nucleophilic substitution)
E1 reactions (unimolecular elimination)
E2 reactions (bimolecular elimination)

Hardware and Software Requirements

Windows Version
The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc and can be installed to a local hard disc or network drive. The minimum requirement is a PC with 100MHz Pentium processor , 8Mb of RAM and a VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65, 536 colors) at 640 x 480 resolution. The program is 32-bit and is compatible with Windows 95, 98 and NT.
Web Version
The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc for installation to a web server. The software runs on PC clients only. The minimum requirement is a 200MHz Pentium processor with 32Mb of RAM and a Super VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65,536 colors) at 800 x 600 resolution. The program is compatible with both Netscape Navigator 4.x and Internet Explorer 4 or better and requires Java and Javascript to be enabled on browsers.