Hi Jeff,
I'm sorry I brought it up ;-) But I agree wholeheartedly with you. It is
not a student tutorial response system!
That said, don't let my attempt at a bit of humor distract from the
tremendous
power of this tool. If the "isooctane" response with the wrong IUPAC query
is indeed not a fluke, I suspect that
this was built into the system as a feature because of the frequency of
IUPAC numbering reversals, even by experienced chemists. I picked
"isooctane" simply because it is a classical student IUPAC naming error.
With this new addition to Resolver, however, there is a student tutorial
avenue open now that did not exist before:
http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/4,4,2-trimethylpentane/iupac_na
me
The real power, however, is quickly translating obscure journal names into
structures - 2D and 3D.
This brings up an interesting thought: What will Resolver respond to the
actual query "isooctane?" Does Resolver have a sense of industrial chemical
history? How will it respond? I'll let you check!
http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/isooctane/iupac_name
Otis
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Otis Rothenberger
Department of Chemistry
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4160
http://chemagic.org
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From: "Jeff Hansen" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 2:03 PM
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] New Resolver Version
I guess I'd be a little wary of having my students use this too much. It
seems to be reinforcing common mistakes. If they can type in an incorrect
name and still get a structure, they may not understand why their answer is
not correct. "But professor, the computer gave me the right structure so
my name must be correct!"
***********************************************Jeff HansenDepartment of
Chemistry and BiochemistryDePauw University602 S. College Ave.Greencastle,
IN [email protected]***********************************************
On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Otis Rothenberger wrote:It also takes care of
our students who don't quite get it!
http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/4,4,2-trimethylpentane/image
Otis
--
Otis Rothenberger
Department of Chemistry
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4160
http://chemagic.org
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