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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
 * Grubbs Catalyst


 * Article Evaluation
 * - All information appears relevant to the article. It discusses the first, second, and third generation catalyst's main properties and how they differ slightly from each other
 * - Article appears neutral
 * - Nearly all claims appear to be cited. A few comments need to be cited under the subtopics: first generation catalyst, second generation catalyst (this subtopic is addressed in the talk page as needing citations, because sigma aldrich apparently contradicts the statement).
 * - 14/23 cite Robert H. Grubbs as an author. Although he is the person the catalyst was named after, more citations from other people regarding properties of the Grubbs catalyst may be useful
 * - Talk page has not had a discussion since 2007
 * - Entire page was last edited on Feb. 9, 2019
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Option 2

 * Article title
 * Wolff–Kishner reduction


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Content appears relevant. There's a brief history and description of the original reactions. The article also discusses how the reaction has been modified
 * - Article appears mostly neutral. Some comments are made regarding advantages/disadvantages of certain methods without citation
 * - Citations missing. However, some of this appears to be common knowledge (general reaction procedures). Regardless, more citations would be useful
 * - Citations appear reliable. Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Journal of the Chemical Society cited frequently
 * - Few posts on talk page which appear unanswered. Flaws in mechanism and unsourced comments noted


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Option 3

 * Article title
 * Wittig reaction


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Article appears neutral
 * - Citations appear to be missing under the subtopics: reaction mechanism, functional group tolerance, stereochemistry
 * - History of the reaction not well reported
 * - Citations appear reliable. Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Organic Chemistry cited frequently
 * - Citations are dated. Earliest citation is from 2013, and only five citations overall are from the 2000s+ (2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013)
 * - Most talk page discussion occurred between 2005-2007 (old)


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Option 4

 * Article title
 * Grignard reagent


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Article appears neutral
 * - There appears to be a significant lack of citation for much of the comments made. The entire introduction contains zero citations and other subtopics are supported by only one citation. These subtopics explain various applications of Grignard reagents and the validity of these applications should be supported by more than one citation.
 * - Photos showing the progression of a Grignard reagent reacting with a carbonyl do not contain any citations.
 * - Subsections appear underdeveloped
 * - Most citations appear to be from ~2010s or older. This could be improved with more recent studies
 * - Citations do not appear to largely come from widely known journals (e.g. Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Journal of the Chemical Society)
 * - Talk page consists of one discussion in 2019


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Option 5

 * Article title
 * Aldol condensation


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Article appears neutral
 * - Claims appear mostly cited. There are not as many references compared to other articles in this evaluation, but the article itself is shorter than those articles. Animations and photos under mechanism are not cited. Crossed aldol condensation subtopic is poorly cited and needs support for claims made about the mechanism (it contains only one citation for an entire paragraph, and these claims should be supported by more than one citation).
 * - 2 citations (15 and 18) are not normal citations and do not appear reliable. It's unclear what they're supposed to be
 * - Information given seems relevant
 * - There is a note regarding the mechanism on the main page. Further discussion of dehydration in the mechanism is needed.
 * - Scope subtopic seems random. Clarification as to what "Scope" is addressing would be helpful. Seems very similar to "Examples" subtopic.
 * - Most of the major discussion in the talk page took place in 2007 and appears to consist mostly of people arguing about how technical the article should be. Recent discussion (2021) is regarding the merging of this article with aldol reaction


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