丁香园AV

Devin Latimer

Title: Instructor
Phone: 204.786.9002
Office: 2RC033 - Lab: 3RC034, 3RC030
Building: Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex
Email: d.latimer@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

M.Sc. University of Sydney, 1992
B.Sc. University of 丁香园AV

Biography:

Devin Latimer has been lecturing intro chemistry, organic chemistry and environmental chemistry courses at The University of 丁香园AV for more than 20 years.  He also coordinates and teaches organic labs.

Courses:
CHEM 0100 Foundations in Chemistry
CHEM 1111 Introduction to Chemical Properties
CHEM 1112 Basic Principals of Chemical Reactivity
CHEM-2202 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2202 Organic Chemistry I - Lab
CHEM 2202L Organic Chemistry I - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 2203 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 2203 Organic Chemistry II - Lab
CHEM 2203L Organic Chemistry II - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 2801 Environmental Issues Chemistry
CHEM-3204L Organic Structure Determination - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 3205L Organic Synthesis - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 3206 Advanced Organic Chemistry - Lab

Research Interests:

Devin has a number of publications in chemical education and is currently focused on education in green chemistry.

Publications:

Recent Publications:

Chemistry and the Environment, 2nd edition, Latimer, Devin R.; OpenStax/University of 丁香园AV, 2022.

Journal Articles:

1. Revisiting Elimination Reactions in the Pentanol and Bromopentane Series, Raza, R, Pattison, C., Zhou, W., Clarke, L., Latimer, D. and Merbouh, N.; J. Chem. Educ., 2023, 100 (8), 2999-3007.  
2. Writing as a Mode of Learning: Staged Approaches to Chromatography and Writing in the Undergraduate Organic Lab, Clary-Lemon, J., Gervacio, R. and Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96 (5), 969-969.  

2. Overcoming the hurdle from undergraduate lab to research lab: A guided inquiry structural characterization of a complex mixture in the upper-division undergraduate organic lab, Latimer, D., Ata, A., Forfar, C.P., Kadhim, M., McElrea, A. and Sales, R.; J. Chem. Educ., 2018, 95 (11), 2046-2049.  

3. Greening the organic chemistry laboratory: A comparison of microwave-assisted and classical nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions; Latimer, D. and Wiebe, M.; Green Chem. Lett. Rev., 2015, 8 (2), 39-42.  

4. The Study of Substitution and Elimination Reactions Using Gas Chromatography: An Examination of the Effects of Alkane and Base Structure on Product Distributions; Wharry, D. and Latimer, D. (Supplementary Information); J. Chem. Educ., 2011, 88 (12), 1720 (Supp Info).  

5. The GC-MS Observation of Intermediates in a Stepwise Grignard Addition Reaction, Latimer, D.; J. Chem Educ., 2007, 84 (4), 699-701.  

6. The Study of Elimination Reactions Using Gas Chromatography; Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (10), 1183-1184.  

7. Bromination and Debromination of Cholesterol: An Inquiry-Based Lab Involving Structure Elucidation, Reaction Mechanism and ¹H NMR; Grant, A. and Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (6), 670-671.

The Conversation

Green chemistry labs teach students a sustainable and innovative mindset; Latimer, D.; The Conversation, August 18, 2019. 

Presentations:

2019: New Perspectives in Science Education, Florence, Italy (March 21-22)

2018: The Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCCHEM), Cancun, Mexico (January 23-26)

2016: The International Writing Across the Curriculum (IWAC) conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (June 23-25)

2015: The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM), Honolulu, HI, USA (December 15-20)

2015: 5th Asia-Oceania Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, New Delhi, India (January 15-17)

2013: Chemistry in Context textbook dialogues, American Chemical Society conference, New Orleans (April 5-7)

2012: Chemistry in Context textbook dialogues, American Chemical Society conference, Orlando (December 12-14)