INTRODUCTION

 

 

This booklet contains a series of step-by-step exercises that utilise the Cambridge Structural Database to assist and enhance the teaching of many of the concepts encountered in a typical undergraduate chemistry curriculum.

 

Crystal structure analyses are remarkable for the richness of structural information they provide. Both the 3D geometric structures of molecules and also the nature and geometry of their interactions with other molecules and ions are characterised. Integrate the use of crystal structure data into your course, visualise and manipulate molecules in 3D, and expose students to real experimental data.

 

•	Non-subscribers: A number of the exercises presented here draw exclusively from a free 500-structure teaching subset of the Cambridge Structural Database, and thus do not require a CSD licence, see TEACHING SUBSET OF THE CSD .

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CSD licence holders: Providing your institution holds at least one CSDS licence then you can install as many copies of Classroom ConQuest as you require for group teaching purposes. This will allow your students to fully utilise the search and analyses capabilities of the CSD, see: CLASSROOM CONQUEST .

 

This booklet is also present in the top level of the UNIX, Windows, and MacOSX software DVD-ROMs as both HTML and PDF files should you require additional copies.

 

teaching_examples.html
teaching_examples.pdf

 

Alternatively, these and other CSD System teaching examples can be accessed via the CCDC website at the following address:

 

http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/free_services/teaching/