amino acids

Pertains to the structure, properties, and reactions of amino acids—the constituents of polypeptides and proteins.

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unsorted functional group cards
An Activity for Introducing Organic Functional Groups
// Tuesday, July 2, 2019 • Kristen Drury
Organic chemistry is not often found in a first year chemistry course in high schools, but it has been a unit in the New York State Curriculum, and it will stay there until the New York State version of NGSS is fully adopted.
Silver plate: before and after
Using Chemistry to Find that Silver Lining
// Thursday, March 3, 2016 • Tom Kuntzleman
I recently gave a public lecture on my campus in which (among other things) I discussed the chemistry of metallic copper, silver, and gold.