Jul 2019 | Complete redesign of the entire site (2400 pages) to better accommodate all screen sizes including importantly mobile phones |
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Sep 2018 | Free Android app released to complement the existing iOS app |
Sep 2018 | Enlarged A level section with atomic orbitals, organic mechanisms including radical reactions, crystal structures and polymer examples, an introduction to proton NMR and shapes of molecules with augmented reality displays and finally explore your own molecules in the Molecular Playground. |
Aug 2018 | Fluorination of Medicinal Compounds section added |
July 2018 | Lithium batteries section added showing structures and animations of lithium ion movement |
Oct 2017 | Free iOS app released containing a selection of Organic Chemistry and Structure and Bonding |
Aug 2017 | Literature References for Organic Reactions added to >370 pages to provide direct access to background literature |
May 2017 | Gold nanoparticles section showing PVP Encapsulation, nanoparticle morphologies and Thiolate-protected GNPs |
Sep 2016 | Optimised transition state structures for 3D printing now available for download for selected Organic reactions |
Apr 2016 | Animated Molecular Orbitals added to selected pages covering Introductory Organic reactions, Pericyclic reactions, and the Heck Catalytic Cycle. Learn how to control these animations of intrinsic bond orbitals (IBOs) |
2015 | Nick Greeves was awarded the RSC Nyholm Prize for Education for the creation and development of ChemTube3D, an internationally renowned, open education resource widely used in teaching chemistry at school and university |
Aug 2014 | Metal Organic Frameworks section showing pores, channels and pore flexibility added |
Apr 2014 | Year 3 projects on tandem pericyclic reactions, animated Protein Folding, colour and synthesis of azo dyes and Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF) added |
Jan 2014 | Entire site recoded to work without Java and so works on tablets and smart phones as well as computers. |
Jan 2014 | Inorganic Chemistry expanded dramatically with sections to support the publication of Inorganic Chemistry 6th Edition by Weller et al (OUP) and the Gallery of Rotatable Structures |
Mar 2013 | New Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion pages and enhanced atomic orbital pages added to support the publication of Chemistry^3 2nd edition by Burrows et al (OUP) |
Jan 2013 | Two large sections dedicated to understanding the Diels-Alder reaction including the regioselectivity, stereospecificity, endo stereoselectivity and Woodward-Hoffmann rules and mechanisms for the synthesis and reactions of aromatic heterocycles. Section covering the Anomeric Effect added |
Nov 2012 | New banners for Tutorial and Self Assessment exercises for learning designs for mechanisms |
Jun 2012 | Molecular Playground added following requests at Open Days where parents and students wanted to explore molecules of their own |
Jan 2012 | Release of a large number of stereo- and enantioselective organic reactive mechanisms including allylic strain, Felkin-Anh and chelated transition states, Wittig reaction, Ru catalysis, chiral auxiliaries, enantioselective reagents, metal catalysts and organocatalysts and sections on Electrophilic alkenes, Organosulfur chemistry, Oxidations, and Radical reactions. |
Jul 2010 | New learning designs added as part of the iChem3D project funded by JISC. The new learning sequences are designed to guide users through the organic reactions step-by-step and the new self-assessment activities are designed to test the material covered. The pages with these additional features are in the 'Organic Reactions' section and are shown in italics/underlined Organopalladium catalytic cycles for Carbonylative Kosugi-Migita-Stille Coupling Reaction, Carbonylation Of A Vinyl Bromide, Palladium-catalysed nucleophilic allylic substitution and The Suzuki Reaction added A Level Chemistry section added. This section is based on the AQA specifications and covers information on atomic orbitals and AS/A Level organic mechanisms |
Sep 2009 | Organopalladium catalytic cycles for Heck reaction and Stille coupling added |
Jul 2009 | Major new section on aromatic heterocyclic chemistry - pyridine, pyridine N-oxide, pyridone, pyrrole |
Jan 2009 | Press release: 64,000 visitors from 158 countries in first year of operation |
Sep 2008 | Major new sections on Rearrangements, Fragmentations, Carbenes, Baldwin's Rules, Alkene synthesis and reactions involving Silicon and Boron. Charges and lone pairs are now included in the animated sequences. |
Jun 2008 | Discussion forum opened and new logo designed by Lyndsey Vernon. |
May 2008 | Lecturers/Instructor's guide added |
May 2008 | Pericyclic reactions added based on Richard Windsor's project-1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, sigmatropic rearrangements, electrocyclic reactions |
Feb 2008 | Stereospecific E2 eliminations in acyclic and cyclic molecules added |
Feb 2008 | Molecular photo booth feature in resizable window view - works with IE |
Feb 2008 | UV spectroscopy and MOs added |
Jan 2008 | Atomic and bonding molecular orbitals for small molecules added |
Jan 2008 | Dipoles and electrostatic surfaces with HOMO and LUMO added |
Dec 2007 | Molecular vibrations - infra-red spectroscopy added |
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