The Incorporation of Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Using Internet-Facilitated Remote Diffractometer Control

• Published in: Journal of chemical education Vol. 82; no. 10; pp. 1555 - 1557
• Main Authors: Szalay, P. S, Zeller, M, Hunter, A. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Easton Division of Chemical Education 01.10.2005; Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society; American Chemical Society
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Chemistry; College students; Computer Assisted Instruction; Consortia; Curricula; Diffraction; Experiments; Information Transfer; Internet; Organic chemistry; Physical chemistry; Physical Sciences; Remote control; Science education; Science Instruction; Single crystals; Teaching methods; Undergraduate Study; X-ray diffraction; Internet / Web-Based Learning; Second-Year Undergraduate; Inorganic Chemistry; X-ray Crystallography
• ISSN: 0021-9584; 1938-1328
• DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1555

A laboratory experiment on single crystal X-ray diffraction has been developed and implemented in an inorganic chemistry course for undergraduate students via Internet-facilitated remote diffractometer control. The experiment was carried out from a remote location, a computer lab at Muskingum College, with the X-ray diffractometer being housed at Youngstown State University. In this experiment, the structure of (η6-p-fluoroaniline)chromium(tricarbonyl) was determined as a representative example.