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The Greener Education Materials for Chemists database (GEMs), was the first, interactive collection of educational materials focused on green chemistry that provided a foundation for community-based approaches to curriculum development. GEMs was a comprehensive resource of education materials including laboratory exercises, lecture materials, course syllabi and multimedia content that illustrate chemical concepts important for green chemistry. Each entry included a description of the item and was searchable by a variety of parameters, including chemistry concepts, laboratory techniques, green chemistry principles, and target audience. Database entries incorporated both published and unpublished materials. This NSF funded and community supported database was free and accessible via the Internet from 2005-2018.

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A Greener Chemiluminescence Demonstration GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction: A Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Green Chemistry Laboratory: Benign Synthesis of 4,6-Diphenyl[2,2']bipyridine via Sequential Solventless Aldol and Michael Addition Reactions GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Greener Approach for Measuring Colligative Properties GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Determination of the Formula of a Hydrate: A Greener Alternative GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
The Synthesis of N-Benzyl-2-azanorbornene via Aqueous Hetero Diels–Alder Reaction. An Undergraduate Project in Organic Synthesis and Structural Analysis GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
The Discovery-Oriented Approach to Organic Chemistry. 7. Rearrangement of trans-Stilbene Oxide with Bismuth Trifluoromethanesulfonate and Other Metal Triflates. A Microscale Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Some Exercises Reflecting Green Chemistry Concepts GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Green Polymerization of Aspartic Acid for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Cocrystal Controlled Solid-State Synthesis. A Green Chemistry Experiment for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Comparative Methylation of 1,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone: Chemoselectivity in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Green, Guided-Inquiry Based Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
"New" Compounds from Old Plastics: Recycling PET Plastics via Depolymerization. An Activity for the Undergraduate Organic Lab GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Mannich Reactions in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs): An Advanced Undergraduate Project of Green Chemistry and Structural Elucidation GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Microwave-Assisted Heterocyclic Chemistry for Undergraduate Organic Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Developing and Disseminating NOP: An Online, Open-Access, Organic Chemistry Teaching Resource To Integrate Sustainability Concepts in the Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Enantioselective Reduction by Crude Plant Parts: Reduction of Benzofuran-2-yl Methyl Ketone with Carrot (Daucus carota) Bits GEMs Database  logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Green Alternative to Aluminum Chloride Alkylation of Xylene GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Solvent-Free Synthesis of Chalcones GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Alkene Isomerization Using a Solid Acid as Activator and Support for a Homogeneous Catalyst GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Chiral Compounds and Green Chemistry in Undergraduate Organic Laboratories: Reduction of a Ketone by Sodium Borohydride and Baker's Yeast GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
An Asymptotic Approach to the Development of a Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Aqueous-Phase Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling. A Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment GEMs Database
Determination of the Heat of Combustion of Biodiesel Using Bomb Calorimetry. A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Chemistry Experiment GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Solvent-Free Baeyer–Villiger Lactonization for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory: Synthesis of γ-t-Butyl-ε-caprolactone GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Environmentally Responsible Redox Chemistry: An Example of Convenient Oxidation Methodology without Chromium Waste GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
News from Online: Renewable Resources GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Reductive Amination: A Remarkable Experiment for the Organic Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Greening Wittig Reactions: Solvent-Free Synthesis of Ethyl trans-Cinnamate and trans-3- (9-Anthryl)-2-Propenoic Acid Ethyl Ester GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Greener Alternative to Qualitative Analysis for Cations without H2S and Other Sulfur-Containing Compounds GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis in the Organic Teaching Lab: A Simple, Greener Wittig Reaction GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
"Greening Up" the Suzuki Reaction GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Oxidation of Aromatic Aldehydes Using Oxone GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Bringing State-of-the-Art, Applied, Novel, Green Chemistry to the Classroom by Employing the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Toward the Greening of Our Minds: A New Special Topics Course GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
A Microscale Heck Reaction In Water GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Patterning Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. Green Materials Chemistry in the Teaching Laboratory GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Micelle-Mediated Extraction of Heavy Metals from Environmental Samples: An Environmental Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
Greening the Blue Bottle GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask
One-Pot Synthesis of 7-Hydroxy-3-carboxycoumarin in Water GEMs Database
Organic-Solvent-Free Phase-Transfer Oxidation of Alcohols Using Hydrogen Peroxide GEMs Database logo with green flask with green gem superimposed on part of flask

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