The "Special Topics" lectures by Dartmouth Professor Gordon Gribble are part of Chemistry 52. They are designed to illustrate both the importance and the function of organic chemistry in the real world – far beyond a textbook. Nature is a major player in the production of organic compounds, which are ubiquitous on earth and in interstellar space. Everything you smell is an organic chemical or a mixture of the same.
Presentations from 2017
Introduction to Special Topics, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 1: Chemical Evolution- A Possible Origin of Life, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 2: Insect Pheromones and Chemical Defense Secretions, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 2: Insect Pheromones, Supporting Images 1, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 2: Insect Pheromones, Supporting Images 2, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 3, Part 1: Pesticides: Natural and Manmade Pesticides, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 3, Part 2: Pesticides: Herbicides, Vietnam Defoliants, and Dioxin, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 4: Cancer and Chemical Carcinogenesis, Gordon Gribble
Special Topic 5: Chemical Warfare, Gordon Gribble
