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Hello all,

I used to do some organic synthesis, and before starting a reaction, I
would try to work out how much reagent I needed from the mol. weights,
stoechiometry, etc. To do this, I often used a ... pocket calculator ! So
organic synthesis is right at the heart of computational chemistry !

More seriously, I doubt whether a definition is upcoming or even desirable.
J. E. Huheey gives a nice definition of Inorganic Chemistry in his text
book : "Inorganic Chemistry is any phase of chemistry of interest to an
inorganic chemist." I don't think we'll do any better when attempting to
define Comp. Chem. or Molecular Modelling.

But that won't stop us doing/enjoying it !

Best regards,

Jeremy


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Technische Universitaet Berlin
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