HGS tried and true set

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	• Hgs Molecular Structure Models: Organic Chemistry Benjamin Maruzen Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1988 - 600 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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HGS tried and true set

This set is exactly the same as the one I used over 20 years ago in Chem class. While the atom colors are not the same as other standardized sets, i.e. Hydrogen is baby blue instead of white, it still works well. The components are sturdy, although there doesn't seem to be enough carbon or nitrogen atoms. I would recommend purchasing one of the Organic and one of the General Chemistry sets just so you have enough of the key atoms to make the more complicated forms. The set is really quite handy when you don't have your laptop around to run simulations in Razmol or similar software.

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Great model set!

I love this little model set! I much prefer it to the usual set that they sell at the bookstore, with the round atoms and bendable bonds- much bigger. The entire set is small enough to keep in my backpack all the time so I always have it in my O'Chem classes. The way the bonds are stiff is great to determine isomers and configurations, a huge improvement over the model sets most of the rest of my class uses.

Not sure what the other reviewer meant, bt my hydrogens (the little white balls) are white.

My only complaint is that it'd be nice to have a set like this that a little larger- maybe 30% larger than this one. That seems to be about the place where I need to start substituting and using my imagination- a few more carbons and some bonds would make this even nicer, perhaps as a seperate mid-sized pack.

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General Chemistry Set. Organic Chemistry Set with instruction booklet.