02406nam a22003137a 4500 20231103145016.0 231030b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0021-9584 RIEBPL Library 540.7 Alain M. Beauparlant et al... Teaching Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography in the Undergraduate Classroom with Sugar and Epsom Salt (Journal Article) Washington, United States :American Chemical Society ,January 10, 2023 336-341p. American Chemical Society, Volume 100, Issue 1 ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________*** Abstract- We developed a single crystal X-ray crystallography experiment based on the crystal structure of sucrose (table sugar), and a more challenging experiment using Epsom salt. Both crystals are readily available in X-ray quality crystalline form. In these experiments, students mounted a crystal on a MiTeGen loop and analyzed it using a Rigaku XtaLAB Mini diffractometer (built 2011). Students generated models of both compounds using CrysAlisPro, Olex2, SHELXT, and SHELXL. All aspects of this experiment use free software programs which have user-friendly interfaces. A step-by-step laboratory protocol for determining the structure of both compounds is included in the Supporting Information. These experiments were used in the Fall of 2019 at the Junior and the Senior level. In the Summer of 2020, a take-home version of the lab was created in response to the Novel 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and implemented in the General Chemistry laboratory curriculum; this experiment was used for the duration of the 2020–2021 academic year. These experiments are suitable for all undergraduate experience levels. First-Year Undergraduate/General Second-Year Undergraduate Upper-Division Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives Crystals/Crystallography Laboratory Equipment/Apparatus Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning Problem Solving/Decision Making X-ray Crystallography https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00795 PER 0 0 0 0 RIEBPL RIEBPL 2023-11-03 0 540.7 2023-11-03 00:00:00 2023-11-03 PER 44683 44682