Scheduling, physical chemistry

To really understand organic chemistry requires three passes. First, one must familiarize oneself with the physical and chemical properties of organic chemical compounds. Then one needs to understand their reactivities and their options for reactions. Finally, one must develop the ability to design syntheses. A typical schedule of courses for chemistry students clearly incorporates these three components. Introductory courses focus on compounds, a course on reaction mechanisms follows, and a course on advanced organic chemistry provides more specialized knowledge and an introduction to retrosynthesis. 

Ten books and ten years later, we are delighted to present you the decennial volume of the series. This volume will be released just few months prior to the 15th CCTCC conference that is scheduled for November 2006. There have been important developments during this decade — computers are more powerful and faster, code features are enhanced and more efficient, and studied molecules are larger and can be studied not only in vacuum but also in an environment of a solvent or in crystal. In addition, the chemical and physical community celebrated the 1998 Nobel Prize that was awarded to two leading computational experts. It was not by chance that Walter Kohn and John A. Pople have been recognized by the Nobel Committee for their contributions to the development of efficient computational methods for quantum chemistry. 

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