Talk:Mod:blackmesa

Cpd dimers: Good to see you relating energetic terms to structural differences. Not the best explanation of kinetic Vs. thermo control, and you open with an unfinished sentence. Jmols?

Taxol: The geometry of you alkene is wrong so you energy is way out for 9. There is no jmol for 10 so I can’t suggest why the energy is off. Where is the ‘full energy contribution breakdown’?

Carbene: You have a massive table with one whole column empty. I’d like to see the overlay. You’ve written descriptions of each IR motion, why? Does this help complete the objectives you were given?

Glycosidation: Jmols? Okay, so you’ve attempted to analyse the various components of the MM2 output, but does this complete the objective you were given?

Taxol Take 2: You alkene geometry is still incorrect. You’ve attempted a discussion, which is good, and noticed some problems but you haven’t quite grasped the issues.

Mini-project: Not quite, you were asked to find a reaction producing a pair (or more) of isomers so that you could attempt to differentiate between them computationally. And despite the bicyclic component of your molecule, there is still a lot of room for conformational flexibility of the side chain. That said, you have some pretty accurate NMR data. It’s a pity you didn’t find an appropriate example, this is the best part of your project by far.

Overall: Needed a lot more time and thought put into both doing and checking this. In the future, really try to focus your answers on the objectives that you are asked for in the script.