Excellent Kit | Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set For Organic Chemistry

Why are none of the elements pink? | Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set For Organic Chemistry | Prentice Hall

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	• Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set For Organic Chemistry Prentice Hall Prentice Hall, 1983 - 12 pages average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Student's little helper.

Well constructed parts help beginners visualize organic molecules, with more emphasis on steric and geometric relations and less on bonding. Expensive toy includes enough atoms for most first year Organic Chemistry, but you'll need two sets for steroids and more complex natural products.

Excellent Kit

I would recommend this kit to anyone who is taking organic chemistry. I found it very useful in learning organic chemistry mechanisms and structures. The high price is reflected in the high quality of the product!

In other reviews there were a couple of complaints about the kit not being realistic. However, the bond stiffness and design are surprisingly realistic (molecules aren't all that flimsy). The kit is perfect for create virtually any small organic molecule. It is excellent for seeing the difference between a chair and boat conformation, provided that it is put together appropriately. (My organic book and the directions were useful in arriving at the right conformation when I had problems.) The kit may just take a little bit of time to get used to, but it definitely is worth the work and time to see molecules in 3-D!

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Why are none of the elements pink?

While the molecule kit allows you to make lots of fun molecules, it just doesn't provide enough creative freedom...though the fun popping noise you get when you pull the molecules apart is quite amusing. I found these overall pretty useful in class, but would not recommend eating them. The nitrogen goes down a little rough.

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Pretty good, but not everything I had hoped

This model set helps with demonstrating certain molecular shapes. However, I'm a little disappointed in the Nitrogen, which has 4 holes instead of 3, and I was hoping it would include something that would pass for elements from groups 1A, 2A, and 3A (it was pretty hard to read the contents from the picture). I think the Gen Chem set doesn't have these groups, either. The bonds don't all fit so well (which I knew from reading other reviews), but I'm hoping that will change with time, as I've used an old set and they all fit perfectly.

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