A current research project was brought into the classroom to train undergraduates in single crystal x-ray diffraction structure solution and analysis over two semesters. To train students, three N-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl)sulfonamide derivatives, methane, benzene, and toluene, were used for students to learn the ShelXTL, Platon, and CrystalMaker software packages. The students also solved the structure of an unpublished cyclooctadiene iridium(I) chloride salt from the O'Connor and Jacobs labs and six unpublished organic crystal structures they had crystallized in the previous inorganic chemsitry course. Students learned the publication process through a submission to Acta Crystallographica C: Communications and Acta Crystallographica E: Structure Reports. Students wrote tutorials on their structure solutions for future student training. Through careful selection of compounds, students in a classroom of 30 can produce publication quality single crystal X-ray diffraction data and analysis.

Research in the inorganic classroom: Structural characterization of sulfonamide derivatives and their metal coordination complexes

247th National Meeting (2014)

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