Organic Chemistry Instruction

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General * Course Materials * Literature Related * Lab & Miscellaneous

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General Materials: 

Organic Name Reactions
http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/
A rich collection of numerous organic name reactions.4/06

Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
http://www.organicworldwide.net/
An intuitive WWW resource guide for organic chemists.from Koen Van Allen 5/01

Chemistry Webercises Directory
http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/
A collection of educational chemistry resources on the internet. Professor Steve Murov & John Wiley 1/99

Web Tutorials in Organic Chemistry
http://www.cmbi.kun.nl
A broad collection of topics and reactions using 2D and 3D images, Chime animations, energy diagrams, VRML orbital images; some interactivity with structural and reaction variability from WeTChe.NL, CMBI: Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular
Informatics, originally a project of CAOS/CAMM, National Center for Computer-Aided Chemistry and Bio-informatics, the Netherlands.
1/01

Intercollegiate Organic Chemistry
http://orgchem.chem.uconn.edu/colleges/orgchem.html
Various undergraduate & graduate course materials: exams, classroom materials, a research site with useful links, bulletin boards for discussing topics in organic chemistry, information on women is science and an archive of biographical / academic information on Famous Organic Chemists, plus more. Currently supported by 17 professors from 11 different colleges or universities. Maintained by Prof. Michael Smith, University of Connecticut. 9/97

Tutorials in Organic Chemistry
http://www.quantchem.kuleuven.ac.be/losh/tutorial.html
Koen Van Aken, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven: Various Organic Chemistry Teaching Resources.

Organic Chemistry
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/index/org/
Burhard Kirste, Freie Universitat Berlin (Germany): A rich collection of Various Teaching Resources.

Global Instructional Chemistry
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/GIC/.index.html
Links to materials for the distributed teaching of chemistry: on-line resources to augment and enhance chemistry courses. Prof. Henry Rzepa, Imperial College London. 7/97

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Course Materials:
 

UCLA, Professor Steve Hardinger
http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/index.html
Tutorials, practice problems, advice on exam taking and textbook error. 10/00
Colby College, Organic Chemistry Resources: Dr. Thomas Poon
Colby.Carbocationic Rearrangements
Colby.Index of /chemistry/OChem/
Colby. Chirality, Stereoisomers, Optical Activity
Colby.Stereochemistry Online. Problems
Colby. Alkane Physical Properties
Colby. Weekly Question Contributions
Colby. Representing Compounds
Colby OChem Visual Demos
Colby.Previous Questions of the Week
Colby College Organic Chemistry
http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/OChemHome.HTML
Dr. Thomas Poon, Colby College, Organic Chemistry Student Resource Page.
Soka University (Japan)
http://www.t.soka.ac.jp/~itomasa/ftp.html#ORGN
Downloadable lecture notes for a full year's organic chemistry course in English or Japanese. Consists of 1.5 hour x 12-15 sessions for bioengineering students. Note: Revised version in Japanese only. 1/99
Temple University
http://www.temple.edu/chem-help/
Dr. David Dalton and Dalton's Gang
Class syllabi for several chemistry courses are provided as well as notes for Sophomore Organic Chemistry taken directly from the overhead projector during class.  1/99
Jacksonville State University
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/4196
Dr. Blake Otwell's Organic Pages
A broad collection of lab, lecture and Web materials. 1/99
University of Pittsburg
http://www.chem.pitt.edu/~grabowski/Chem0320/links0320.html
Professor Joseph Grabowski's course pages.
A broad collection of Web materials. 1/99
Intensive Organic Chemistry for Freshmen
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/chem-c3045/
Professor Nick Turro, Columbia University, Includes course information, slides relating to Prof. Frank Carey's textbook, supplemental materials with well developed links to other Web sites with comparable resources and much more.
Lock Haven University/ University of Michigan:
Professor Roberta Kleinman's Home Page
http://www.lhup.edu/~rkleinma
Chem 220: First Semester Lecture Materials
http://www.lhup.edu/~rkleinma/Chem220/home.htm
Profs. Roberta Kleinman, Lock Haven University and Brian Coppola, University of Michigan, Extensive materials that parallel Professor Ege's textbook.
Chem 221: Second Semester Lecture Materials
http://www.lhup.edu/~rkleinma/Chem221/home.htm
Profs. Roberta Kleinman, Lock Haven University and Brian Coppola, University of Michigan, Extensive materials that parallel Professor Ege's textbook.
UIC Interactive Lecture Notes
http://random.physics.uiuc.edu/cyberprof/chemistry/331/
Patricia Shapley, Univerisity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign A complete collection of notes and student questions for a full year's course that is integrated with CyberProf.
Organic Chemistry On-Line
http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/ocol.htm
Dr. Paul R. Young, University of Illinois, Chicago: A useful, broad collection of many visual and graphic illustrations, problems and exercises. Student workbook available for purchase.
Organic Chemistry Course Materials: Towson State University

http://www.towson.edu/~sweeting/orgrxs/reactsum.htm

Dr. Linda Sweeting, Towson State University,  Organic Reactions Quizzes and Summaries: reaction basics with numerous functional groups, common reagents and important reaction mechanisms, interactive quizzes and basic information about inorganic reagents. Textbook-independent with references to Schmid and Fessenden texts . 1/00

http://www.towson.edu/~sweeting/orgmap.htm

Lecture and laboratory materials for semester I and semester II. Includes behavioral objectives and list of required knowledge for course success.9/97

Organic Chemistry Course Materials: Portland State University
http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/C334F98/default.htm

Professor Carl Wamser: Lecture Notes, Practices Problems, Homework, Exams and More.  7/99
Organic Course Materials: Michigan State University
• http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/OrgPage/orghompg.htm
Professor William Reusch, MSU: A large collection which is updated frequently; includes useful data tables, instructional summaries, animations, interactive tutorials, and many interactive problems.
• http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/intro1.htm

A virtual text for students.
• http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/Questions/problems.htm

An excellent interactive collection of problems for organic chemistry students. 9/02
Supplementary Course Materials: University of Arizona

http://www.chem.arizona.edu/courses/chem242/

Prof. Jacquelyn Gervay & Abby Parrill, University of Arizona: Movies, Tutorials and More.

Organic Chemistry Question Bank

http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/Organic/

Prof. Joseph Casanova, CSU Los Angeles. Downloadable, on-line multiple choice questions with graphic structures. Has over 300 questions, searchable and can be added to.

Over 300 downloadable, on-line multiple choice questions from The Royal Chemical Society and Brunel University, Middlesex, U.K. 9/97

General Organic Chemistry

Organic Nomenclature & Stereochemistry
Mechanisms & Kinetics
Aliphatic Chemistry
Aromatic and Heterocyclic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

http://www.csun.edu/~hcchm007/
Dr. Jeff Charonnat, California State University, Northridge: Description and Course Materials, Downloadable Problems.

Instructional Home Page

http://wwwchem.csustan.edu

California State University, Stanislaus: Some Organic Resources and links to other Chemistry topics at CSU Stanislaus.

Organic Visualizations

http://www.cm.utexas.edu/movies/iverson/drctry2.htm

Brent Iverson, University of Texas, Austin, 8 Movies.

Chemistry of Organic Compounds

http://www.chem.brown.edu/chem26
Profs. K. Parker and R. Lawler, Brown University: Flash Cards, Quizzes, Exams and FAQ, Password Required.

Pacific Lutheran University: Prof. Craig Fryhle

Organic Chemistry Home Page

http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/organic.html

Chem 331, course home page. Includes an email journal for students, description of course design, group work (22 groups of 4-5 students) and more.

The FT NMR Free Induction Decay Archive

http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/fid_archive.html

An archive of 1H and 13C NMR spectra in FID form, ready for processing by two common off-line NMR software programs (NUTS and Felix)

The Organic Chemistry Life Style Page

http://sac.uky.edu/~jrdona0/ochem/welcome.html

A collection of pertinent resources for organic students including advice for the beginner and supplemental materials that correlate with the McMurray textbook. From Julie Donan, University of Kentucky, with a link to the earth biscuit's asylum. 4/97

University of Wisconsin, Platteville: Professor Charles Sundin's Materials:

http://www.ems.uwplatt.edu/sci/chem/fac/sundin/353/353plcy6.htm

First semster Organic Course syllabus: Highlight: An archive of Quizzes and Exams with answers for the course from two separate years.

http://www.ems.uwplatt.edu/sci/chem/fac/sundin/363-7/363plcy7.htm

Second semster Organic Course syllabus: Highlight: An archive of Quizzes and Exams with answers for the course from two separate years. 4/97

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Information-Literature Related:

Yahoo Search Engine for Organic Chemistry
ChemWeb:
http://chemweb.com/
A wide range of services including access to a search tool for Beilstein.

Chemistry /General:

Manual and Computer-aided Literature Searching
http://brunel.ac.uk:8080/depts/chem/ch361a/lect,htm
Course notes from Dr. J.J. Gosper on searching the chemical literature.
Chemical Information Search Tool
http://yip5.chem.wfu.edu/yip/cheminfo/cheminfo.html
from The Learning Matters in Chemistry, Dr. Yue-Ling Wong, Wake Forest University.
Emory Chemistry Library
www.chem.empory.edu/~library/chemlink.html
Various Internet Resources
On-line Dictionaries Links
http://cjc1.tiac.net/ref/dictionary.htm
Includes dictionaries in over 50 different languages and many different subject specialities.

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Miscellaneous:

Organic Chemistry experiments
http://www.dartmouth.edu/academia/chem/chemexp/
University of Wyoming and Dartmouth College

The Organic Laboratory
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/organic_lab/
University of Akron

Columbia University: Professor Nick Turro's Photochemistry Research Group and Projects.
http://128.59.113.173/wwwnjt/default.html

Webster's List of Web Links
http://chemconnections.llnl.gov/Websters/chem_links.html#Organic Sites

Chemory
http://web.interware.hu/frenzy/chemory/
A chemistry game program that either matches a structure with its name, or  two structures (i.e. the same compound in different representations). Two downloadable versions: one free and one shareware.  9/02

Organic Chemistry Course Information.
http://chem58.chem.und.nodak.edu/
Dr. Sanku Mallik, University of North Dakota, Syllabus and answers to problems

Organic "Courses" on the Interenet
http://www.infochem.co.uk/courses/organic.htm

Principles of Proteins: Course on the Internet
http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/PPS2/top.html
Birkbeck College, University of London