Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms

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Synthetic Organic Chemistry: U.S. Research Groups

http://www.uark.edu/orgchem/organiclinks.html

Links to most of the synthetic organic research groups in the US (almost 300 sites) from Matt McIntosh, University of Arkansas  8/98

Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms

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

Dr. Linda Sweeting, Towson State University, Graphical Organic Reactions Summary: includes reaction basics of numerous functional groups, common reagents and important reaction mechanisms. Parallels Schmid's text. 7/97

Organic Reaction Roadmap

http://www.cem.msu.edu/~parrill/roadmap

Dr. Abby Parrill's roadmap with descriptions and links to numerous reactions and mechanisms that parallels W.H. Brown's Organic Chemistry text.

On-line Synthesis Class Notes

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/CH432/notesonline/noteshome.html

Taxol, Diels Alder and several natural products. Prof. Bradford Mundy, Colby College

3d PADs: Intro to animations

http://www.chem.nott.ac.uk/3dpads.html

(UK) movies of photofragmentation

Hydrogenation of Acetylene

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SCMS/DigLib/text/chemistry/Hydrogenation-Acetylene- Sellers.html

NCSA @ University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champign Pictures of hydrogenation and discussion

Energy Surface

http://yip5.chem.wfu.edu/yip/Video/e_surface.MOV

Wake Forest Movie and description of an energy surface

SN2 Reaction

http://chem.leeds.ac.uk/Project/react.xyz

Leeds Unversity (UK) SN2 interactive presentation

Practice Problems in Pericyclic Reactions

http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/GIC/pericyclic/

Imperial College(UK) practice problems with solutions

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/EAS.html

Colby College Movie of mechanism with explaination

Ketones and Aldehydes

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/ketones.html

Colby College Movie, explaination of reactivity

Enolates

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Enolates.html

Colby College movie, explanation of reactivity

alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carbonyls

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Enones.html

Colby College Movie, Explaination of Reactivity

Amines

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Amines.html

Colby College Movie, Explanation of reactions and reactivity

SN1 vs SN2

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Substitution.html

Colby College Movie, compare/contrast SN1 & SN2

Pinacol Rearrangement

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Pinacol.html

Colby College movie of pinacol rearrangement mechanism

SN2 Reaction Movie

http://www.chem.arizona.edu/courses/chem242/movies/sn2a.mov

University of Arizona Movie of SN2

SN2 Reaction Mechanism

http://www.chem.arizona.edu/courses/chem242/sn2.html

University of Arizona Explanation of SN2

Diels-Alder Project Description

http://bond.caltech.edu/authors/diels-alder.html

CAP: Chemistry Animation Project, Cal Tech, videotape available ($19.95), Ordering Information

Nucleophilic Substitutions Project Description

http://bond.caltech.edu/authors/nucleosubs.html

CAP: Chemistry Animation Project, Cal Tech, videotape available ($19.95), Ordering Information

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