Links to Other Organic Sites

VOH Archives at UCLA Old exams, class handouts, etc. A useful source of practice exams.
A Great List of Organic Chemistry Links for Students
Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (an excellent on-line organic chemistry textbook; by Bill Reusch at Michigan State University)
Tutorials, problems sets and quizzes (link list courtesy of Dyann K. Schmidel, Ph.D.)

Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Kinetics (Chemistry Virtual Classroom, Berkeley)

Chemical Structure Drawing Software:

ChemDraw (used by Dr. H. to prepare exams, handouts, graphics for web pages, etc.)
Chemistry 4-D Draw
Free Chemistry Drawing Software (ACD Labs)

Spectroscopy Tools:

SDBS: a searchable database of about 30,000 compounds with a variety of spectra: mass, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, and IR
Spectroscopic Tools at the University of Potsdam:

chemical shift tables (¹H, ¹¹B, ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁷O, ¹⁹F, ³¹P)
¹H Wizard: input ppm, get assignment
IR Wizard: input cm^-1, get assignment
MS Wizard: input mass, get fragment structures
¹³C Database: input ppm, get molecules that have this peak in their spectrum

Infrared Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists Web Resources

Spectroscopy Tutorials:

NMR Spectroscopy. Principles and Application. Professor Hernry Rzepa, Imperial College
Introduction to NMR Spectroscopy: The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: basic tutorial
Mass Spectrometry: basic tutorial
Infrared Spectroscopy: basic tutorial
NMR and MRI: Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Organic Reaction Mechanisms:

Basic Reactions is Organic Chemistry - Interactive Requires VRML. This site contains some errors.
Organic Chemistry Movies Home Page Prof. Brent Iverson, U. Texas, Austin. Slow to load, so be patient.

Substitution and Elimination Reactions:

Notes on S_N2/S_N1/E2/E1 Reactions (Dafni Amirsakis; UCLA Chem 10D TA) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

Organic Flash Cards:

Electronic Organic Chemistry Flashcards Profs. Christopher Hadad and Todd Lowary, Ohio State. More flash cards.

Polymers:

The Macrogalleria "A cyberworld of fun." All about polymer chemistry

Stereochemistry and Molecular Models:

Molecular Models and Chirality (Daniel Berger, Bluffton College. A nice tutorial on stereochemistry and use of molecular models. Uses the Chime plug-in, as well as hand-held models.)
Isomers of Organic Compounds, An Introduction (Frank Gorga, Bridgewater State College) A primer on organic steroechemistry, using the Chime plug-in

Organosulfur Chemistry

Skunk Defensive Secretion (William Wood, Humbolt State) History and chemistry of skunk musk (Does not require Virtual Stink plug-in)

Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry

Pharmaceuticals, Their Discovery, Regulation, and Manufacture An on-line course

Other Sites of Organic Interest:

Taking a Closer Look at Molecular Modeling. A comprehensive page on concepts in molecular structure related to molecular modeling, with in-depth/informative links. Useful for a general understanding of phenomena that are related to general molecular structure.
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Intensive Organic Chemistry for Freshmen (N. J. Turro; Columbia)
Organic Chemistry On Line (Paul Young)
General, Organic, and Biochemistry (James K. Hardy and West Publishing Company)
Organic 1 (Ralph Logan)
Chemistry 242 (A. L. Parrill and J. Gervay, Univeristy of Arizona)
Organic at the Virtual University (James A. Plambeck, Virtual University North)
Chemistry Student's Helper
Organic Chemistry Student Resource Page (Colby College)
The Chemistry Hypermedia Project (Virginia Tech) Tutorials and other cool stuff.
Global Instruction Chemistry (Imperial College, London) Links to all sorts of chemistry stuff around the world.
Chemistry Index (Freie Universitaet, Berlin) More chemistry links around the world; German and English.
World Lecture Hall (University of Texas, Austin) Collection of chemistry links from around the world
Molecular Playground (Cabrillo University) Molecular modeling, molecules in the news, molecules to explore.
Chem242 Organic lecture notes from Down Under.
Molecules from Chemistry (Okanagan University, British Columbia) More molecules to explore.
A Brief Tutorial on Drawing Lewis Dot Structures. Inspired by Chemistry 2 students.
Organic Reaction Quizzes and Summaries Prof. Linda Sweeting, Towson University. A nice collection of organic reactions summaries and quizzes.
CH 271 - Organic Chemisty I Prof. Tony Mega, Whitworth College. Organic reactions with quizzes, and lecture notes.
CHEM 331 Handouts Prof. Lev Ryzhkov, Towson University. Lots of good stuff on S_N2/S_N1/E2/E1, and other organic topics as well.
Organic Chemistry Electronic Resource Page Prof. Thomas Poon, Randolf-Macon College. All sorts of good stuff...like a meaty stew of organic chemistry.
Hydrogen Bonding A nice discussion of hydrogen bonding.
CHEMystery A quick review of some basic general and organic chemistry topics such as electrochemistry and functional groups.

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