Jiechun Liang, Linfeng Hu, Shuqian Ye, Chenyang Yu and Xi Zhu*,
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Molecule Structure Pedagogy with the Objectivity of Music
It is well understood that the creative processes behind art forms, including music, are highly subjective and are based on personal interpretation. This raises the question: can music be effectively integrated into the teaching of more objective subjects, such as chemistry, if done through a systematic and structured framework? In this work, we rationally constructed the mapping between small molecules and chords. We found a strong correlation between the molecular stability and the music type from the interpretation of chemical bonding pictures. This correlation helps students understand the beauty and artistry of chemistry and chords in music. Furthermore, we observed some small imperfections in the molecule mappings of certain real-world chord progressions, which present opportunities for refinement through optimization of the underlying molecular cohesive energy. We demonstrated that the basic chemical bonding picture could provide objective understanding or even standards for music composing. Most small-molecule structures, such as amino acids, can be objectively transformed into reasonable chord combinations, and some real-world music chords exist in these molecular chords. Therefore, students can “play” the molecules using real instruments, and this method is practicable in organic chemistry education.
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The Journal of Chemical Education is the official journal of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, co-published with the American Chemical Society Publications Division. Launched in 1924, the Journal of Chemical Education is the world’s premier chemical education journal. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education and to those institutions that serve them. JCE typically addresses chemical content, activities, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies. The Journal serves as a means of communication among people across the world who are interested in the teaching and learning of chemistry. This includes instructors of chemistry from middle school through graduate school, professional staff who support these teaching activities, as well as some scientists in commerce, industry, and government.