Abstract
Teaching organic chemistry should be a compulsory element in university education in the field of chemistry and related subjects. However, most curricula are still based on traditional laboratory classes in chemistry. They focus on teaching basic experimental techniques for synthesis and analysis and demonstrate potential chemical hazards. The efficiency of a chemical transformation is usually ...
Abstract
Teaching organic chemistry should be a compulsory element in university education in the field of chemistry and related subjects. However, most curricula are still based on traditional laboratory classes in chemistry. They focus on teaching basic experimental techniques for synthesis and analysis and demonstrate potential chemical hazards. The efficiency of a chemical transformation is usually only measured by the chemical yield of the product obtained. Students do not learn how to determine the overall efficiency of a reaction, which directly correlates with its sustainability. The aspect of the efficiency and sustainability of a reaction must be added to the content of teaching courses in organic chemistry. Within this considerably wider scope students learn how to plan, set up, and analyse organic reactions taking their effects on man and the environment into account. Within an inter-university research project of nine institutes from seven universities we develop a free accessible internet database, which provides all necessary material, amongst others covering experimental procedures, toxicity data, alternative reaction procedures to discuss and assess a chemical reaction in a much wider sense. The provided information can be individually adapted to a specific course.
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