Thanks, Phil. That's fixed. I just messed up with the logic. My VPN is back
-- files are uploading now. This will be available in several minutes time.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Robert Hanson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I seem to have broken that. Don't worry --- it did work and will work the
> way you expect. My VPN is down --  I know what is wrong with the Mac/applet
> business, but I can't fix it tonight.
>
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Philip Bays <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Bob:
>> I and a colleague, are playing with the comparison applet and the page
>> with two JME applets on it.  Consider 2-fluorobutane.  If we put the R
>> isomer in the right-hand screen (the correct answer), and correctly draw the
>> R in the left, we get a "yes".  If we draw the S in the left we get the
>> "different compound" message.  If, however, we draw the structure in the
>> left-hand window with no stereochemistry defined, we also get the "yes"
>> answer.  Of course that is partially correct, but does not serve the purpose
>> for teaching students how to draw the structure, or comparing structures.
>> Same issue with 2-butanol.   So....
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> J. Philip Bays
>> Professor of Chemistry
>> Department of Chemistry and Physics
>> Saint Mary's College
>> Notre Dame, IN 46556
>> (574) 284-4663
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
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> If nature does not answer first what we want,
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>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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Robert M. Hanson
Professor of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
phone: 507-786-3107


If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.

-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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