Brico-moléculaspreparación de modelos moleculares a partir de la fórmula dibujada

  1. Herráez Sánchez, Ángel
Aldizkaria:
RED: revista de educación a distancia

ISSN: 1578-7680

Argitalpen urtea: 2012

Zenbakia: 30

Mota: Artikulua

Beste argitalpen batzuk: RED: revista de educación a distancia

Laburpena

Perception of molecules as three-dimensional entities is an essential ability in Chemistry and Biology. Many suitable computerized tools depend on the availability to coordinate files. It is, hence, interesting to have a tool that allows anyone to build a model at will for any desired molecule. The application here presented, "Brico-moléculas" (or Do-It-Yourself Molecules), runs within a web browser without any special software and may be used both locally (e.g. from a CD-ROM) and via the internet. The interface integrates a panel for sketching the chemical structure, a mechanism for generating an optimised conformation and another interactive panel where the latter is displayed three-dimensionally. In addition, optimisation in real time of the initially flat structure towards a three-dimensional conformation adds a great pedagogical value, since the user sees the bonds stretch and wiggle until the model reaches a correct stereochemistry. The generated model may be saved or sent to the instructor for assessment

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