Chemical Compound Brochure/Flier Project
REQUIREMENTS:
Make a colorful and interesting brochure or flier using Desktop Publisher or similar program. Use
pictures, diagrams...etc. anything to appropriately draw attention to it. Make it look professional. Project
Size = 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 sheet of paper. You may use front and back. Be original and creative. These
projects are intended to educate and entertain. Your name and class period should be somewhere on the
flier. Include a properly cited bibliography &/or URL documentation in proper form somewhere in your
flier.
CHECKLIST OF WHAT TO INCLUDE: (You may find that not all information is available for all
compounds. Be selective and choose interesting information.)
 Name
 Common or other names for the
compound
 Origin of name
 Chemical formula
 Molar Mass
 Molecular model (prefer a 3-D look)
 Type of bonding
 Picture
 Historical background - discovery of the
compound – who and how?
 Interesting or unusual past uses
 Uses and importance
 How is the compound obtained, made,
synthesized, etc.
 Percent composition
 Melting point
 Boiling point
 Density
 Other physical properties
 Chemical properties and/or reaction tendencies
 Find some bizarre fact about your compound something you believe is unique and relatively
unknown by the general population.
 Name & class period somewhere on it.
Tips:
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Be mindful of copyright laws. Bottom line - do not present the work of others as your own.
Remember that graphics should be accurately documented too.
Keep a running list of books, web sites, etc. that you use as resources for your bibliography.
Trying to remember a website that you accessed three weeks before will be difficult.
Avoid a random list of undeveloped "facts". A few well-developed ideas is preferable to a
paragraph that mentions 100 uses of the compound, but does not explain any of them. Telling the
reader that the compound is "used in medicine" or is "used in farming" is essentially worthless
unless you explore how and why the compound is used for these purposes. Develop the ideas don't leave them vague!
Focus on what makes your compound interesting or unusual. Personalize your brochure. Don't
include properties when you don't know what they are (e.g. dipole moment).
Copy and paste your page into MS Word and run the spell and grammar check.
Karen Conner, Benton Consolidated High School, Benton, IL
Possible Compounds
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acetone
acetylene
Acetyl-CoA
Adenosine triphospate
alanine
Aluminum Oxide
ammonia
ammonium nitrate
ammonium perchlorate
anhydrite
apatite
arginine
arsine
ascorbic acid
asparagine
Aspartame
aspartate
Aspirin
benzene
Beta Carotene
biotin
borax
boric acid
boron nitride
bromochlorofluoromethane
buckministerfullerene
Caffeine
calcite
calcium carbonate
calcium oxide
calcium dioxide
carbon monoxide
celestine
Cellulose
chloromethane
Chlorophyll-a
Cholesterol
Citric Acid
cobalamin
Cocaine
cyclobutane
cyclohexane
cyclopropane
cystine
DDT
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
dolomite
Dopamine
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ethane
ethanol
epsomite
Estrogen
Ethanol
ethylene
ferric oxide
fluirite
Fructose
Glucose
glutamate
glutamine
glycine
Glycogen
gypsom
hemoglobin
Heroin
hexane
histadine
Histamine
hydrazine
hydrochloric acid
Hydrogen Cyanide
hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen sulfide
Ibuprofen
iron pyrite
isobutene
isoleucine
isopropanol
Lactic Acid
Lactose
lead (II) nitrate
leucine
magnesium hydroxide
malachite
marcasite
melanterite
Methadone
methane
methanol
millerite
naphthlene
Nicotine
nitric acid
nitric oxide
Nitroglycerin
Nitrous Oxide
Karen Conner, Benton Consolidated High School, Benton, IL
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Octane
PABA
Penicillan
pentane
pentaborane (11)
Phencyclidine
Phospholipase A2
Piperine
Polyethylene Terephthalate
potassium carbonate
potassium hydroxide
potassium nitrate
propane
Prozac
pyridoxine
quartz
quercetin
Retin A
Ribonucleic Acid
Saccharin
Sarin
siderite
silane
silicon dioxide
silver nitrate
sodium bicarbonate
sodium carbonate
sodium chloride
sodium hydroxide
sodium hypochlorite
sodium nitrate
Sodium Polyacrylate
Sucrose
sulfuric acid
sulfur dioxide
tetrachloromethane
tetradecaborane
titanium dioxide
Trinitrotoluene
Urea
Vanillan
Vitamin B1
vitamin D3
vitamin E
vitamin U
Warfarin
Karen Conner, Benton Consolidated High School, Benton, IL