Figure 1. General chemistry takes a more product-oriented view (left), whereas organic chemistry engages in process-oriented thinking (right). The workshop “carbocation watching” focusing on mechanistic pathways is designed to help students make this shift in chemical thinking

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Using Trityl Carbocations to Introduce Mechanistic Thinking to German High School Students

Catharina Schmitt, Michael Schween

World Journal of Chemical Education. 2018, 6(1), 18-23 doi:10.12691/wjce-6-1-4