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Guided literature reading of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 13065-13072: Stabilization of the Elusive 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion.
There are three components of the assignment:
- Pre-reading and ‘confidence building questions’ to prepare students for reading the article;
- Guided questions to help students work through section-by-section and understand the content of the paper;
- In-class guided discussion of the article’s scientific content, with tie-in to a broader discussion of the objectives in writing and publishing scientific articles.
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Students will develop a strategy for reading scientific articles, and will gain confidence in their ability to read and understand primary literature.
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Students will analyze the individual sections of a research article to better understand the significance of each section to the overall paper.
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Students will learn to interpret data to draw conclusions.
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Students will relate concepts of Lewis acidity/basicity, electrophiles/nucleophiles, and chemical reactivity.
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Students will gain familiarity with current problems in chemistry and how researchers are developing solutions.
We recommend giving all students pre-reading questions & discussing these questions before students read the article (short in-class discussion >10 minutes).
We recommend giving students 1 week to read the article and complete the assignment. Assignment questions can be divided among students/groups of students, rather than all students answering all questions.
After students complete the assignment, we recommend holding structured group discussion to hit on ‘big picture’ ideas in the Post-Discussion section (approx. 1 hr)
Evaluation
Graded questions (homework questions, key provided)
Participation in in-class discussion