User talk:Emmakingsmith

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Quick question
Thanks for your edits. I've seen a lot of new articles on chemistry topics on Wikipedia recently - is this part of some project? Just curious. Blythwood (talk) 17:53, 22 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is a project for our class on organometallics chemistry. Projects for our classes usually fall into the mock-grant/book chapter category, which is a lot of work and no one ever reads it, so the instructors decided to try something new.  I think it worked out well - it's pretty nice to contribute back to the community this way. Emmakingsmith 18:53, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Criegee oxidation, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. ''You'll also want to get in the habit of using edit summaries, a few words for each edit you make in which you explain what/why you are changing. It's another part of our standard editors' behavior expectations here. Perhaps your instructor did not provide you with enough background on how things work before turning your class loose on Wikipedia?'' DMacks (talk) 01:19, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You might want to take a few moments to (re)familiarize yourself with the actual meanings of "cis" and "trans", since you seem to be either confusing the context of ring substituents with general conformational aspects. For example, an acylic diol can react regardless of the relative stereochemistry because of free rotation--the two OH groups can easily become "close". It's the cyclic case (and I see you know that a major context is sugars) where "trans" is especially slower. DMacks (talk) 04:06, 30 April 2017 (UTC)


 * As I noted the first time I removed File:Criegee Modifications.png, "substantial chemical mistakes" (you should get in the habit of reading the edit summaries of others' edits so you know what problems might be present). Two of these three reactions are *completely incorrect products*. Both obvious on their face and per the refs you cited. Please do not edit war when someone disputes the factual or stylistic nature of your edits. DMacks (talk) 15:29, 1 May 2017 (UTC)