Talk:Physical organic chemistry

message: Hello. I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan. We are editing Wikipedia articles related to physical organic chemistry as a class project. My partner and I are editing and improving the general "Physical Organic Chemistry" page. Our sandbox will be turned in October 28, 2013. Our sites will be peer reviewed by November 4, 2013, and the graded sites will go live on November 11, 2013. Here is a link to the sandbox for this project.
RLM0518 (talk) 20:41, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

message: Content
	I don’t think the introduction is accessible to non-experts. There are a few terms that the non-experts would not know such as kinetic analysis, thermochemistry, trapping intermediate and characterization, etc. The introduction seems too detailed. Try to make the to make the introduction simpler so that the general public would understand. Overall, the content of each section does justify their length. There is at least one paragraph describing each section. Many important terms/ concepts are linked to their respective Wikipedia pages for further reference. The linked pages provide more in depth descriptions on the terms. This Wikipedia page does not seem to be duplicative of content on another Wikipedia page. Duplication is avoided by referencing Wikipedia pages.
Figures'
	A few figures on Wikipedia page do not seem to be original. The crown ether, 18-crown-4-“host” and potassium cation “guest” is already illustrated on the crown ether Wikipedia page. I would draw another image that depicts non-covalent interactions. Also, the Keto-enol tautomerization of acetylacetone already is depicted in one of your reference articles, reference #16- Predicting the tautomeric equilibrium of acetylacetone in solution. It would be beneficial to come up with another figure that is original and demonstrates how solvents influence the rate of a reaction. For the catalytic reaction coordinate figure, I would point the energy of activation (ΔG-double dagger) on the figure. I like the figure showing the cyclohexane elimination reaction. The mechanism of the reaction is clear and correct. The figures are informative and text explains the figures will. The figures that were drawn on Chemdraw are correct, easy to read, and are aligned. Just try to add more figure that are original.
Reference	
There are a total of 26 references on the Wikipedia page. The references are inclusive of review articles, textbooks, and literature article. The references are used correctly in the Wikipedia page. 
Overall Presentation
	Overall, I think that the Wikipedia page looks good. The description of each section is detailed and clear. Multiple linked to different Wikipedia pages are provided to give the general public more information about certain topic. The descriptions for the figures are clear and are appropriate for the section. To make the Wikipedia page even better, I would draw figures that are original, make the introduction of the Wikipedia page simple and general so that the general public will understand the overall importance of physical organic chemistry.
genger14 (talk)
Physchem 13 (talk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Genger14 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review #2

message: UMChemProfessor (talk) 02:37, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional Comments