Talk:Mod:CosGot

Cp: all structures and energies look good - and all analysis is fine (albeit rather terse!) What are the "secondary orbital interactions"?

NAD: Good! Like the JMols.

Taxol: Again, lovely JMols, and good results. What kind of strain would be present in the alkane from hydrogenation of the bridgehead alkene?

CCl2: Orbitals look great...pity there's no analysis of the vibrations...

Mini-project: (Pity you didn't choose your own...you have shown a lot of flair so far, and I think you'd have done a good job!) Good analysis of the likely 1H NMR spectra, and also of the 13C. Dissolving metal reductions of cyclohexanones usually give the thermodynamically more stable alkoxide (in fact, a "better than thermodynamic" ratio, because it's the intermediate radical anion that can equilibrate to put the alkoxide in the thermodynamically more stable position).

Overall - very good effort - only thing missing really is the analysis of the vibrations for the dichlorocarbene diene.