Starting to Plan the 2013 New Jersey Chemistry Olympics

It seems like yesterday when NJIT hosted the last chemistry olympics, but it is already time to start planning the next one.  There was a meeting last night with Natalie Macke and others to discuss the competitions for the May 16. 2013 event.

I will be running the information search as I have done for many years.  The students will bring in a molecular model which will be judged for accuracy.  The second part of the competation will be the information search where the students will use the internet to answer questions.

The theme for 2013 will be drug substances from Hoffmann-LaRoche who are now closing their facility in Nutley.  Students can pick one of these four molecules:

• Tretinoin
• Ticlid
• Cellcept (Mycopenolate Mofetil)
• Diazepam (Valium)