CHM 2200C Spring 2005--Course Specific Web Links

Some Course Specific Websites

VSEPR structures (requires the chime plugin)
Hybrid Orbitals (an explanation of the hybrid orbital model to describe molecular geometry. By William Coleman, Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College)
Hybridization (practice drill problems by George Wiger and California State University, Dominguez Hills)

Recognizing organic fragments (practice drill problem by George Wiger)
Conformations of Ethane and Butane (animations by Professor Martin Schwartz, FSU)
Tutorial on Conformations of Alkanes (by Professor Martin Schwartz, FSU)
Conformations of substituted cyclohexanes (by Martin Schwartz, FSU)
IUPAC Rules for Naming Organic Compounds (More than you need to know, from "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
IUPAC Rules for Naming Organic Compounds (Even more detailed, the complete set of IUPAC rules, both 1979 and 1993 versions.)

Drawing Chemical Structures on the Computer
Tutorial on using the JME Editor for structure drawing. (From University of Southern Maine).
IUPAC Rules for Naming Alkenes and Alkynes (More than you need to know, from "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)

Macrogalleria--The Internet Polymer Mall (More than you want to know about polymers. From the Dept. of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi).
Free Radical Vinyl Polymerization (From Dept. of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi)

IUPAC Rules for Naming Alcohols (More than you need to know, from "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
Intermolecular Forces and Effect on Boiling Point and Water Solubility (More thorough discussion than your text, from "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
Calculating Oxidation States of Carbon (from Dr. Ian Hunt, University of Calgary)

IUPAC Rules for Naming Aldehydes and Ketones (By Dave Woodcock Okanagan University College. Note his nomenclature puts the number for the position of the ketone prior to the "one" rather than prior to the full name as your text does. For example, pentan-3-one rather than 3-pentanone. Both methods are used, but we will use the latter one to correspond to your text. )
Curly Arrows--Pushing Electrons in Reaction Mechanisms (from Dr. Ian Hunt, University of Calgary)
Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds (A description of the mechanism from University of Aberdeen

IUPAC Rules for Naming Carboxylic Acids and Esters (By Dave Woodcock Okanagan University College. Note his nomenclature puts the number for some connections in the middle of a name rather than prior to the full name as your text does. For example, but-2-yl rather than 2-butyl. Both methods are used, but we will use the latter one to correspond to your text. )
Drawing CN groups with the JME Editor
Soap Making: Grandma's Lye Soap (Lyrics to 1952 Hit Song); Recipe for Lye Soap.

IUPAC Rules for Naming Amides and Amines (By Dave Woodcock Okanagan University College. Note his nomenclature puts the number for some connections in the middle of a name rather than prior to the full name as your text does. For example, propan-1-amine rather than 1-propanamine. Both methods are used, but we will use the latter one to correspond to your text. )
Nomenclature, Chemistry, and Properties of Amines. (More than you want to know about amines, including variations on nomenclature by the Chemical Abstracts system. From "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
Relative Strengths of Acids and Bases
Predicting Acid Base Reactions from Approximate pKa's

Chapter 26 Stereoisomerism

Conformational Isomerism: Butane Conformers-Description and Animation (requires the chime plugin) ( From "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
Conformations of Ethane and Butane (requires the chime plugin) (animations by Professor Martin Schwartz, FSU)
Alkene Stereoisomers and Cycloalkane Stereoisomers (requires the chime plugin)(By David Woodcock, Okanagan University College.)
Comparing Carbons with 3 and 4 different substituents.(requires the chime plugin) ( From "The Virtual Text of Organic Chemistry" by William Reusch, Michigan State University)
Searching for chiral carbon atoms(requires the chime plugin)(By David Woodcock, Okanagan University College.)
More than one chiral center(requires the chime plugin)(By David Woodcock, Okanagan University College.)
Rules for R and S nomenclature of chiral centers explained by David Woodcock, Okanagan University College, and William Reusch, Michigan State University. These rules are beyond the scope of this course, but the links are given for interested students who wonder when seeing R and S designations.
Representing 3D structures by wedge bonds, the sawhorse and Newman projections, and Fischer projections. (By David Woodcock, Okanagan University College.)
Use the JME Editor to practice drawing wedge bonds. You can check your structure by pasting the smiles string created into the Depict site.

Chapter 28 Lipids

How Aspirin and NSAID's Work
- (A Chime illustrated tour of the molecular basis of aspirin's and other non-steroidal compounds' activity as anti-inflammatory analgesics. Edward K. O'Neil and Prof. Charles M. Grisham at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia)




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