I am happy to share that our article was published in ACS Chemical Health and Safety @acs.org
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Engaging Students in Spectroscopic Analysis of Organic Compounds: A Collaborative Tournament Approach for Third-Year Chemistry Students in Northern France The ability to elucidate the structure of organic compounds from their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR), and mass spectrometry (MS) spectra is an essential skill, particularly for those...

I am very happy to share our latest article published in Journal of Chemical Education! #JCE #chemed #NMR
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We have organized a tournament between 3rd year chemistry students from 3 universities. A lot of memories for everybody!
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a-t-on compté le temps de visionner le tutoriel YouTube de 5 minutes ?

Documenting lab incidents like this should be standard practice, especially for incidents happening in teaching labs! The whole thread is full of other useful articles.

Agree, but in this case, it was safety glasses :-)
We're considering switching to goggles for the teaching laboratory.

Safe Handling of Cannulas and Needles in Chemistry Laboratories Cannulas and needles (sharps) are frequently used for chemical manipulations involving air- and moisture-sensitive chemicals. When using these devices, the presence of sharp tips poses a risk of punct...

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Safety First: A Recent Case of a Dichloromethane Injection Injury

Syringes and Needles should be used with great care, as described by @sebvidalchem.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

Lessons Learned─Splashing Incidents of Methanol and ortho-Chlorobenzaldehyde into Eyes and Faces Due to Accidental Detachment of Luer Slip Syringes and Needles This study provides details of two incidents involving the splashing of chemicals (methanol and ortho-chlorobenzaldehyde) from Luer slip syringes into students’ eyes and faces in chemistry laboratories. The methanol incident was directly caused by unsafe acts, specifically the inappropriate use of a Luer slip syringe without adjusting the position of the clamp, which remained elevated. Additionally, the incident was a result of an unsafe condition, as the safety glasses wore by the individual were not designed as over-the-glass safety glasses, creating a gap between the student’s face and lip of the safety glasses, thereby allowing methanol to reach the student’s eyes. Unsafe acts were identified as the direct causes of the ortho-chlorobenzaldehyde incident. These acts included using an inappropriate Luer slip syringe, exerting force on a long syringe needle, conducting syringe operations outside a fume hood, and neglecting to wear appropriate safety glasses and a lab coat. Furthermore, an unsafe condition involved the inappropriate positioning of a flask within a fume hood. Consequently, detaching a needle from the Luer slip syringe resulted in the scattering of chemicals reaching the student’s face and eyes. A method that enables the multifaceted exploration of the causes of human errors and facilitates the development of comprehensive solutions was used to identify 16 root causes of human errors and 11 preventive measures for the ortho-chlorobenzaldehyde incident. The lessons learned from the two incidents contribute substantially to preventing the recurrence of similar syringe incidents and reducing the risks associated with syringe operations in chemistry laboratories that handle hazardous/toxic chemicals.

Another article about Luer Slip syringe detachment and eye projection : pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

From Accident to Improvement: A Case Study of Nitric Acid Splashing into Eyes During a Teaching Lab During a laboratory session involving the acidic digestion of a soil sample for flame atomic absorption spectroscopy analysis, a student sustained a near-miss eye injury due to a concentrated nitric a...

New preprint about #safety in the lab.
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A student receive concentrated nitric acid in the eye during filtration over 0.45µm syringe filter. We used cause tree methodology to analyze the accident and to prevent future problems

A great tool to teach structural elucidation to students!

What I Learned from Analyzing Accurate Mass Data of 3000 Supporting Information Files A Python script for the systematic, high-throughput analysis of accurate mass data was developed and tested on more than 3000 Supporting Information (SI) PDFs from Organic Letters. For each SI file, q...

📊 What I learned from analyzing 3000+ SI PDFs: Only 40% of papers w/ #MassSpectrometry data compliant w/ journal guidelines! From zero #Python experience to an automated checker

Read the paper:
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Our last collaboration between teachers from ULCO, @upjv-univ.bsky.social and Artois University.

Structure Elucidation of Organic Compounds during a Tournament involving 3rd Year Chemistry Students

#chemed #NMR #teaching