Tutorials and Animations Relevant to Chem 227 Topics
- Organic Chemistry Practice Problems - Michigan State University. Interactive quizzes color-coded for type of course.
- Visualization Tools and Interactive Tutorials - University of Michigan. Topics covered: Acid-Base Equilibria, Cycloalkane Visualization, Nucleophilic Substitution Dry Laboratory, Organic Reaction Roadmap.
- Organic Chemistry Lecture Slides: McMurry Chapters 1 & 2 - by P. R. Young, Univ. of Illinois - Chicago (requires Javascript enabled and Chemscape Chime plug-in)
- Hybridization Tutor - by Daniel Dolata and Stavros Karatsoridis, Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio University
Structure
and Bonding (includes on-line problem sets that check your answers!)- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movies on "Orbitals" and on "Representing Compounds".
- Handout on "How to Predict Hybridization of an Atom" by Robert Standaert, Texas A&M Univ.
Chapter 2 - Bonding and Molecular Properties
- Organic Chemistry Lecture Slides: McMurry Chapters 1 & 2 - by P. R. Young, Univ. of Illinois - Chicago (requires Javascript enabled and Chemscape Chime plug-in)
- Handout on "Lewis Dot Structures, Formal Charge, Resonance Structures & Arrows" - by Daniel Romo, Texas A&M University
- Structure
and Bonding (includes on-line problem sets that check your answers!)
See Brief Reviews on: Resonance, and Acids and Bases. See On-line
Problem Sets for: Unshared Pairs & Formal Charges, and Drawing Resonance
Forms
Chapter 3 - The Nature of Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
- Alkane Nomenclature Tutorial - By Daniel Dolata, Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio University
- Complete Organic Nomenclature Tutorial - by Dave Woodcock, Dept. of Chemistry, Okanagan University (Versions for use with Chemscape Chime or with RasMol).
- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movies on "Alkane Physical Properties" and "Cycloalkanes".
Chapter 4 - Stereochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
- Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (QuickTime Animations from Univ. of Arizona)
- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movies on "What is a Dihedral Angle" and "Stereochemistry".
- Conformations of Carbon Compounds (uses Chemscape Chime to allow viewing and manipulation of 3D structures) from Oberlin College
- Conformations of Cycloalkanes - molecular models with optional highlighting of equatorial, axial, and flagpole hydrogens (by Abby Parrill at Michigan State Univ.).
- Cycloalkane Conformations - By Daniel Dolata, Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio University (???)
- Section
II (IIc - Conformational Analysis) (includes on-line problem sets and
a multiple choice quiz on Sections I and II)
- Cybermodels by M. Schwartz at Florida State University.
- Includes a "Cybermodel Viewer" to easily compare structures side-by-side. Requires Chemscape Chime.
Chapter 5 - Overview of Organic Reactions
- Animation of Addition of HBr to Propene (from Univ. of Texas; select Hydrogen Bromide Addition)
Chapters 6 and 7 - Alkenes
- Tutorial on Alkene Stereoisomers and Nomenclature (from Univ. of Arizona)
- Tutorial
on Alkenes: Nomenclature and Addition Reactions (Sections IIIa - IIIc)
Chapter 8 - Alkynes
Chapter 9 - Stereochemistry
- Tutorial
on Stereochemistry (Section IV)
- Isomers of Organic Compounds, An Introduction by Frank Gorga at Duquesne University - A great way for introductory organic students to learn about isomers, including stereoisomers. You may want to change the space-filling structures to stick structures or ball and stick structures.
- Stereochemistry Tutorial 1 - Single Stereocenter (from Univ. of Arizona)
- Stereochemistry Tutorial 2 - More than one Stereocenter (from Univ. of Arizona)
- The Stereochem Game - a tutorial designed to provide drill in stereochemical concepts (from Univ. of Arizona)
- Stereochemistry Online Page from Colby College - A great way to test your knowledge of stereochemistry.
- A Roadmap for Classification of Isomers - by Daniel Romo at Texas A&M University
- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movie on "Computational Chemistry"
- Stereochemistry Online Page at Colby College- Two types of exercises are provided. One involves the classification of a given molecule as either chiral, achiral, or meso. The other exercise involves the comparison of two molecules, and the determination of their relationship as enantiomers, diastereomers, constitutional isomers, non-isomers, or identical compounds. Requires Chemscape ChimeTM plug-in.
Chapters 10 and 11 - Alkyl Halides
- Section
V: Alkyl Halides: Substitution & Elimination Reactions
- Includes Multiple choice quizzes on Stereochemistry and Alkyl Halides
- A Table Ranking Nucleophilicity, Basicity, Leaving Group Ability, and Solvent Ionizing Power (from UCLA)
- Nucleophilic Substitution Dry Laboratory - including on-line Quiz (from Michigan State Univ.)
- Tutorial on SN2 Reactions - from Univ. of Arizona (includes visualization of structures along reaction coordinate)
- Practice Questions for Nucleophilic Substitution (from Michigan State Univ.)
- Practice Exercises for Alkyl Halide Chapter (from Portland State Univ.)
- Animations and Movies
- Interactive Animation of SN2 reaction from Leeds Univ. (UK) (Requires Chemscape Chime)
- Movie from Colby College compare/contrast SN1 and SN2 reactions (Requires Netscape and Shockwave)
- SN2 reaction Tutorial from Univ. Arizona (Includes Quicktime Movie)
- Movies of SN2 and E2 reactions from Univ. of Texas
- Includes Tutorial and Electrostatic Potential Surfaces for Starting Materials and Transition State (Requires Quicktime VR)
- Tutorial on Substitution Reactions from Naval Academy (includes mpeg movie)
Chapters 15 and 16 - Benzene and Aromaticity; Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
- Animations and Movies
- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution from Univ. of Texas
- Graphic Tutorial on EAS from Colby College (Requires Shockwave)
- Includes step-wise arrow pushing for Formation of Electrophile, Addition of the Electrophile, and Rearomatization
Chapters 17 and 18 - Alcohols and Thiols; Ethers, Epoxides and Sulfides
Spectroscopy (Chapters 12 - 14)
Organic
Chemistry Online from Univ. of Illinois at Chicago.- Go to Organic Chemistry On-Line Tutorial or to Lecture Slides
- Good Reviews and on-line problems
- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movie on "Mass Spectrometry".
- Organic Structure Elucidation Workbook at Notre Dame University
- (Practice Problems - classified from easy to hard)
- WebNMR from UCLA (Tutorials and Practice Problems)
- Tutorials on MS and IR from CSU Stanislaus
- NIST Chemistry WebBook Contains 5000 IR spectra and 8000 mass spectra searchable by name, formula, partial formula, CAS registry number, molecular weight, and others.
- Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds from National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research in Japan. A database of 30,000 compounds with MS, NMR, and IR spectra. You can search by name or formula or by a range of formulas and molecular weight.
Chapter 14 - Dienes
- QuickTime
Movie for Dienes chapter. From Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. Includes
many examples of Diels-Alder reactions and example problems.
Chapter 19 - Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions
- On-line Synthesis Tutorial for Chapter 19. by Paul Young at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago.
- Visual Aids for Organic Chemistry from Colby College - Shockwave movies require Shockwave plug-in to your browser. Movies on "Aldehydes and Ketones".