CCL:organic synthesis is comp.chem.!

[Jeremy Harvey <harvey -x- at -x- www.chem.tu-berlin.de>]

 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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