It:assignment-2011
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CIT Assignment 2011
The CIT assignment is an exercise which is designed to help you gain experience in gathering information on a given molecule. This is something which you will need to be able to do in order to do well in coursework while studying Chemistry, and in a wider context, is a skill which will be invaluable to you should you decide to take up a career in research.
There is no 'start time' for this assignment, but you must submit your assignment by your submission deadline below:
- All reports must be submitted by: Friday 9th October 2012, 12noon
The purpose of this deadline is to ensure that all assignments are completed well before the end of term so they do not interfere with other assignments due. You are free to start your assignment as soon as you wish, and can submit it any time up to the deadline, however feedback will only be delivered once everyone has submitted.
Submission
Please submit your assignment through Blackboard, within the 1st Year Chemistry Laboratories module. Select "CIT Course" and you will be presented with your submission folder provided you are submitting on time. After your deadline has passed, you will need to contact the module coordinator to arrange a late submission. This will also be available through Blackboard in the same module.
Assignments cannot be submitted by email - by submitting online you can prove you have submitted it on time and that the marker has received it!
Details of the assignment
Your task is to produce a brief report on a given molecule (no more than three sides A4), finding relevant information including its physical data, a route to synthesise the molecule, and one reaction of importance for this molecule. All information should be appropriately cited from a creditable primary or secondary resource. You will most likely turn up a wealth of information on most of the molecules shown below; part of the task is deciding what is relevant information.
Structure of report
Your report should include an introduction to the molecule of interest, explaining why it is of interest. Further discussion should go into its further reactions and explaining (simply) how it does its job, particularly if the molecule has application in biology. A synthetic route for making the molecule should include a brief discussion on the starting materials, where they are sourced (if they are natural products etc.). Any schemes should be large enough to be readable.
Physical data should be relevant to the introduction, going some way towards backing up the statement of 'interest' made in the introduction.
Above all, your report should be engaging and interesting to read; you should be writing in language intended for a general chemistry audience, rather than a technical discussion on the preparation of the molecule.
The total text content should be between 700-1000 words (not including citations or figure captions), and the report as a whole should not exceed 3 pages.
List of molecules
Choose one of the following molecules on which to base your report. Be sure to study a different molecule from those around you - it would be awfully dull reading if everyone does the same molecule! Alternatively, if there is another molecule which is of interest to you, please feel free to add it to this list and submit a report on that.
- Thyroxine
- Quinine
- Ramipril
- Acetyl salicylic acid
- Minoxidil
- Riboflavin
- Aspartame
- Serotonin
- Capsaicin
- Ascorbic acid
- Sodium laureth sulfate
- Phenylalanine
- Sorbitol
- Methyl salicylate
- Methylene blue
- Trimethyl arsenic
- sarin
- DDT
- zinc dithiophosphate
- formic acid
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