Dan O'Leary

@doleary47.bsky.social

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I'm a professor of chemistry at Pomona College in Claremont, California. I teach general and organic chemistry, NMR spectroscopy, and computational chemistry. My research interests span these realms + the history of science + 3D printing pedagogies.

A chemistry professor and Cecil the Sagehen, mascot of Pomona College.
3D print of an alanine derived alpha helix showing a hydrogen bond orbital interaction between two amino acids at the i and i+4 positions.
3D printed d-orbital models.
A chemical reaction between cyanide and formaldehyde and molecular models showing the angle of attack (Burgi-Dunitz) of the nucleophile in the reaction transition state.
Plastic 3D prints of a transition state for an enolate alkylation reaction.
Plastic 3D prints of a transition state for an enolate alkylation reaction.
A 3D printed molecular model of the molecule twistane.
A sculpture of the molecule twistane on the front of a building at Pomona College.