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Organic Chemistry: Modeling Functional Groups
kit #132
How is a family of compounds created by a common functional group? With this Lab-Aid, students draw “structural formulas” for such “functional groups” as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, and tersters. They construct the corresponding models and see how a two-dimensional diagram materializes into a 3-dimensional molecule. Students learn the relationship between the diagrams and models as well as how a “family” of compounds is created by a common “functional group.” Twelve complete sets of molecular model components are provided, one per each group of two students. An additional set of molecular model components are available as ADD A GROUP item # 132EL.
- Relate 2-dimensional formulas to construction of 3-dimensional models
- Observe how a “family” of compounds is created by a common “functional group"
Content List in Organic Chemistry: Modeling Functional Groups is as follows:
| Quantity | Description |
|---|---|
| 12 | Packages containing the following plastic atom models: |
| 13 Covalent bonds (white tubes) | |
| 10 Hydrogen (white) | |
| 6 Carbon (black), | |
| 4 Oxygen (blue) | |
| 36 | Student Worksheet and Guides |
| 1 | Teacher’s Guide |
- Recommended number of students
- maximum 24 at the same time
- Number of groups
- maximum 12 at the same time
To complete this kit requires one to two ~50-minute class periods.
