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Funny. I have recommended this website (https://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/courses/toolkits/247/js/names/dnames.htm https://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/
by busyant 7y ago
Funny.
I have recommended this website (https://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/courses/toolkits/247/js/names/dnames.htm https://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/courses/toolkits/247/...) to many of my students to help them practice naming alkyl substituted alkanes.
The web-page has an "analyze" button that does a great job showing students how to find the longest carbon chain, which is then used to help determine the molecule's IUPAC name.
I've always wondered who was behind the site that I had recommended, but I was never curious enough to poke around and answer my own question.
When I saw "hack-a-mol" and stolaf.edu, I thought, "okay, must be the same person."
People like this (his name is Bob Hanson: https://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/ https://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/) are hidden gems. He's probably not super-famous, but he's made many great tools and I can only imagine that his students have benefited tremendously from his passion and skills.
- moron4hire 7y agoReminds me of Paul Falstad and his excellent circuit simulator tool. He originally wrote it as a Java applet, then gave permission to an Iian Sharp to have it rewritten in HTML5: https://www.falstad.com/circuit/ https://www.falstad.com/circuit/