Grids II: Aromatic Acidity and Basicity

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Guy Lamoureux
Carlos Arias-Álvarez

Abstract

The effect of substituents on the acidity of benzoic acids and anilines has been organized in grids to demonstrate the inductive and resonance effects. The relation between structure and pKa is emphasized by a new educational process: the Search-Organize-Predict (SOP) procedure.

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Guy Lamoureux, Universidad de Costa Rica

Profesor, Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica

Carlos Arias-Álvarez, Universidad de Costa Rica

Coordinador Laboratorios Química Orgánica
Escuela de Química
Universidad de Costa Rica