Project-based learning is widely used in organic laboratories.
This goal-oriented and inquiry-based learning model complements student-centered
training. Such models focus on complicated issues or real-world problems
on the frontier of chemistry. Students progress through three project
phases: preproject, during the project, and postproject. Herein, we
combined organic synthesis, electrochemistry, and green chemistry
to improve students’ understanding of organic reactions and
mechanisms and exposed them to a new method of organic synthesis,
which is electrochemistry. Moreover, we integrated the concept of
green chemistry into the study of organic chemistry, and student assessment
indicated substantial improvement in the understanding of this concept.
Students designed a simple electrochemical reactor and accomplished
the synthesis of (±)-muscone. Meanwhile, student competencies
were comprehensively improved. The project included a literature review,
experimental procedures, and essay writing. Overall, responses from
students regarding the project experience were highly affirming.
Utilization of Freon-type methanes as functional one-carbon synthons in the synthesis of various deuterated indoline alkaloids was demonstrated here. A series of halomethyl radicals were generated from electro-reductive C-X cleavage...
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