Teaching students to find information in the chemical literature is an important aspect of undergraduate education. Most schools spread instruction in chemical information over their curriculum instead of teaching an independent course on the subject. While the cross-curricular approach allows for instruction to be done in a relative context, there are few published exercises designed to introduce literature searching at an early stage of the standard curriculum. Especially lacking are exercises that utilize modern online databases. This report details an exercise for the sophomore-level organic course using SciFinder Scholar to search the Chemical Abstracts database. Students each research the synthesis and use of a chiral auxiliary then present their findings to their classmates in a short oral presentation.

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from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities Of were separated by column chromatography on silica gel. The first fraction (elution with benzene-hexane (1:l)) contained the ozonide 8 (86% yield). From the second fraction (elution with benzene) was isolated the diketone 11 (2% yield).Crystal data for solvent-participated product 9: C22H2004r colorless needles, M , = 348.4, triclinic, a = 8.5201 (9) A, b 9.3045 (13) A, c = 12.0403 (12) A, a = 71.817 (9)O, P = 88.336 (8)03 Y = 83.044 V = 900.1 A3> 2 = 2, D, = 1.285 g ~m -~, space group (No. 2) from successful structure solution and refinement, = 0.710693 A, A M 0 Ka) = 0.82 cm-', F(000) = 368, data crystal -0.45 X 0.35 X 0.20 mm.Structure Solution and Refinement. The intensity data were collected on an Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer with use of w-26 scannine. Acknowledgment.and graphite-monochromated Mo KCY X-radiation over the region 1.5

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Undergraduate research experiences have become an integral part of the Hamilton College chemistry experience. The major premise of the chemistry department's curriculum is that research is a powerful teaching tool. Curricular offerings have been developed and implemented to better prepare students for the independence required for successful undergraduate research experiences offered during the academic year and the summer. Administrative support has played a critical role in our ability to initiate and sustain scholarly research programs for all faculty members in the department. The research-rich curriculum is built directly upon or derived from the scholarly research agendas of our faculty members. The combined strengths and synergies of our curriculum and summer research program have allowed us to pursue several programmatic initiatives.