Talk:Mod:MeWantA

1.2.1 Cp Dimers: Would have been nice to see some Jmol structures. Nice to see you're relating the energy to structural features. 3/4 energies are slightly off.

1.2.2 NAD: If you include a mechanism, show all of it (ie, up to product formation). Explanation of Grignard addition a bit too informal. Good to hear you tried different conformations of the rings. However, this would have been better presented quantitatively (ie, comparing energies, angles, etc in a table). Otherwise fine.

1.2.3 Taxol: Exactly what particular structural features of the alkene make it hyperstable? Are there any specific interactions to point out? Try referring to rings by the number of atoms in them, rather than 'big ring'.

1.3.1 Carbene: Syn not sin! What do you think is the reason behind the lack of electron density in the HOMO?

Mini-Project: Interesing paper. Unfortunately, the hemiaminal and the amino-ketone are so different they weren't perhaps the best choice for this project. Something more apt would have been an investigation into the stereoisomers present in the heminaminal, particularly if this isn't mentioned in the paper. Bit of a tip, rather than stating 'I have no explanation for this', try to sugar-coat it a little. Nice to see you are clearly stating the differences between your calculated and the literature spectra. Sometimes, a bar chart can display this difference more clearly to the reader.

Incidentally, an interesting choice of url, be glad I'm not a lecturer, I don't think they'd take too kindly to that...

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/ja909792h This is my intended mini project.