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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Pericyclic reaction


 * Article Evaluation
 * - The article's content is relevant to the topic, and the information remains about pericyclic reactions throughout.
 * - The article is written neutrally; there do not seem to be any interests being pushed or self-promotion.
 * - Citations are this article's biggest issue—almost none of the claims have citations. The only claim that does have a citation is the statement about one type of pericyclic reaction in a biological process: "Isochorismate pyruvate lyase catalyzed conversion of isochorismate into salicylate and pyruvate."
 * - The one citation given comes from a reliable source. It is a communication published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
 * - The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * - In the Talk page, an individual suggests that the article consult "Pericyclic Reactions" by Ian Fleming as well as "Part A: Structure and Mechanisms" and "Part B: Reactions and Synthesis" by Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg.


 * Sources
 * - Izak-Nau, E.; Campagna, D.; Baumann, C.; Gostl, R. Polymer mechanochemistry-enabled pericyclic reactions. Polym. Chem. 2020, 11(13), 2274–2299. DOI: 10.1039/c9py01937e
 * - Roberts, J. D.; Caserio, M. C. 21.11: Pericyclic Reactions. In Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed.; W. A. Benjamin, 1977.
 * (For foundational/basic information about pericyclic reactions, the book "Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry" by John D. Roberts and Marjorie C. Caserio is a good source.)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Acetyl group


 * Article Evaluation
 * - The article's content is relevant to the topic, although there is not much content on the page.
 * - The article is written neutrally, without any perceptible bias or unethical motivation.
 * - Most claims do not have a citation. The lead section has only one citation, and almost half of the nine total citations are in the sidebar.
 * - Most of the citations seem reliable, though one citation from 1943 could probably be changed with a more recent one.
 * - The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * - The Talk page does not seem to have recent discussion. The most recent comment is from seven years ago. Most of the discussion is about whether the fact that acetyl is sometimes abbreviated to Ac (not to be confused with the element actinium) should have a citation.


 * Sources
 * - Lian, J. Z.; Si, T.; Nair, N. U.; Zhao, H. M. Design and construction of acetyl-CoA overproducing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Metab. Eng. 2014, 24, 139–149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.05.010

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Schotten–Baumann reaction


 * Article Evaluation
 * - All the article's content is relevant to the topic.
 * - The article is written neutrally.
 * - Most claims are backed up with secondary sources, although there are some statements that should have references but do not.
 * - The citations are reliable; however, many sources are from the early 20th century, and it would be advisable to update them with more recent sources.
 * - The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * - The Talk page is not very active; it only has one comment from 2008.


 * Sources
 * - Gimenez, V.; Mantecon, A.; Cadiz, V. Modification of poly(vinyl alcohol) with acid chlorides and crosslinking with difunctional hardeners. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 1996, 34(6), 925–934. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19960430)34:6<925::AID-POLA1>3.3.CO;2-2

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Aldaric acid


 * Article Evaluation
 * - The article's content is relevant to the topic. The article has a brief lead section about aldaric acid, and the body consists of two sections on its synthesis and structure.
 * - The article is written neutrally.
 * - None of the claims have citations. There is one reference listed at the bottom of the article, but there is no indication of where the article was used for information in the article.
 * - The citation is reliable, but more is needed than just one citation for an organic chemistry textbook.
 * - The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * - There is no activity on the Talk page.
 * - The article has a disclaimer at the top stating that "This article needs additional citations for verification."


 * Sources
 * - Venema, F. R.; Peters, J. A.; Bekkum, H. Platinum-catalyzed oxidation of aldopentoses to aldaric acids. J. Mol. Catal. 1992, 77(1), 75–85. DOI: 10.1016/0304-5102(92)80186-K

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Acylation


 * Article Evaluation
 * - The article's content is relevant to the topic of acylation. However, the lead section makes up over half the article (with only one citation), and the only section is "Acylation in biology".
 * - The article is written neutrally as far as I can tell. However, the "Acylation in biology" section seems to cite some articles by the same authors.
 * - Most claims do not have a citation. The lead section of the page has only one citation at the very end. The vast majority of citations are for the one-paragraph section "Acylation in biology".
 * - Though insufficient, the citations provided are all reliable and relatively recent.
 * - The article does not tackle one of Wikipedia' equity gaps.
 * - The Talk page contained discussion about deleting a mechanism that was specific to a specific type of acylation. Apart from that, there has not been discussion since 2008.


 * Sources
 * - Neises, B.; Steglich, W. Simple Method for the Esterification of Carboxylic Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1978, 17(7), 522–524. DOI: 10.1002/anie.197805221