Abstract: Our mission has perceivedand still continuing exceptionalachievement on ‘Transforming chemistry research in to chemistry teaching’. In this course of events we have been able to publish several articles in the area of chemical education. In continuation of this,the present article using a total of 38 amines isone of our successful aftermaths of the importance of nucleophilic solvation of ammonium bond (≡N⁺-H in protonated amines.We have explained the significance of nucleophilicsolvation of ammonium bond in protonated aminesin a simple and lucid way using Taft linear polar free energy correlations of pK_a’sin aqueous solution and dipole moments in gas phase, in benzene, in cyclohexaneand of pure liquids of several primary, secondary and tertiary amines as a function of Taft polar substituent constants. Our performed Taft correlations showed that the solvation of ammonium bond in protonated aminesthrough ≡N⁺-H bond is worth understanding in terms of steric hindrance which is absent in gas phase, in benzeneand in cyclohexane as it imparts its substance in biology.

Abstract: Prediction of aromatic and anti-aromatic behavior of organic compounds is a vitally important tool for students of chemistry at graduate and post-graduate level for solving different kinds of problems regarding reactivity, stability and acidic properties etc. In this manuscript we try to present a simple and innovative method for easy identification of aromatic and anti-aromatic behavior of organic compounds from their non-aromatic nature excluding Huckel’s rule of aromaticity.

Abstract: A simple and cost-effective bench-top gas generator for its use in the laboratory classes is designed and fabricated. The set-up is meant for generation of hydrogen sulfide gas and is in use by the students at the chemistry laboratory of our college for the past eight years. However, other gases like carbon dioxide, hydrogen and acetylene can also be produced using the same set-up. This article describes the design and fabrication of the bench-top set up with special reference to generation of hydrogen sulfide gas. The new set-up is easy to use and requires few chemicals.

Abstract: The strength of an acid is generally discussed as a unique feature of the acid itself according to its chemical structure. Strong acids have a lower pK_a value, and weak acids have a higher one. In the classrooms of high schools and universities, we sometimes use the technical terms “strong acid” and “weak acid”. However, there are some acids for which it is very difficult to say, from their pK_a values, whether they are strong or weak. This research addresses the distinction between strong acids and weak acids, in a restricted initial concentration of acids, to provide a clear distinction between strong acids and weak acids.