Preface
We have provided this set of problems with the intention of making the preparation for the 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad easier for both students and mentors.
We restricted ourselves to the inclusion of only a few topics that are not usually covered in secondary schools. There are six such advanced topics in theoretical part that we expect the participants to be familiar with. These fields are listed explicitly and their application is demonstrated in the problems. In our experience each of these topics can be introduced to well-prepared students in 2-3 hours. Solutions will be sent to the head mentor of each country by e-mail on 1st of February 2011. We welcome any comments, corrections or questions about the problems via e-mail to [email protected]. Preparatory Problems with Solutions will be on the web in
July 2011.
We have enjoyed preparing the problems and we hope that you will also enjoy solving them. We look forward to seeing you in Ankara. Acknowledgement
I thank all the authors for their time, dedication, and effort. All the authors are Professors in various fields of chemistry at Middle East Technical University. I also thank Dr. Murat Sümbül, Dr. Salih Özçubukçu and Yunus Emre Türkmen for their ideas and valuable contributions regarding the preparatory problems for 43rd IChO.
In both preparation and testing of practical problems, we are most grateful to Professor ahinde Demirci and the laboratory team members, our assistants, Pınar Akay, Seylan Ayan, Derya Çelik, Melek Dinç, Çağatay Dengiz, Zeynep İnci Günler, Tuğba Orhan, Suriye Özlem, Burak Ural, and Emrah Yıldırım.
Ankara, 26 January 2011
Editor
Prof. Dr. Saim Özkar
IChO2011 Prep Problems With Solutions
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