Home: CHEM 221

Organic Info at Other Universities
with Reviews, Quizzes, Tutorials

Organic Textbooks

Chemicals: Structures, Uses, Properties, Hazards...

Spectral Information

Other Web Sites

CHEM 221: Organic Chemistry

Librarian: Josh Wilson

Resources for Organic Chemistry:
In the Library & On the Web

All distance students and on-campus students have full library privileges. These include:

• A reference librarian available by phone, email, and chat to help students with searches
• A vast array of electronic resources available from both on- and off-campus
• Free document and book delivery for distance education students

Chemistry 221 Home Page

Information for Distance Ed Students

COMPUTING RESOURCES
On-campus students will find Windows, Unix, and Macintosh computers at many different locations. D. H. Hill Library houses over 100 computers with web access. In addition, the Library includes a "Unity" lab with word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation applications.

Unity Labs - locations, hours, equipment, etc., including D. H. Hill Library

Organic at Other Universities--with Reviews, Quizzes, Tutorials

Columbia University - Intensive Organic Chemistry
Includes an electronic version of the Carey textbook with slides and helpful supplementary information, plus a collection of every useful links. Also covers useful plug-ins and software for working with and displaying structures.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/c3045/index.html

Frostburg State University - Chemhelper
Includes tutorials, reaction mechanisms, practice tests, and many other useful links.
http://www.chemhelper.com

Michigan State University - Organic Chemistry
Includes tutorials and interactive problems, as well as data tables and many other resources.
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/intro1.htm

Ohio State University - Organic Chemistry Resources
Among much useful information and links, includes interactive flash cards for reviewing and testing yourself.
http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/organic/

Towson University - Organic Reaction Summaries and Quizzes
Site covers reaction basics and mechanisms for several functional groups, with quizzes, and many other links and resources.
http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/orgrxs/reactsum.htm

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Organic Textbooks

Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
Good supplement to the course text. Includes reviews, illustrations, problems.
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/OrgPage/VirtualText/intro1.htm

Some textbooks and guides available in the library:

The essentials of organic chemistry, by staff of Research and Education Association, M. Fogiel, director.
D. H. Hill Library QD256.5 .E87 1995

Organic chemistry, by Roger Macomber.
D. H. Hill Library QD256.5 .M33 1996

Organic chemistry, by G.L. Patrick.
D. H. Hill Library QD253 .P376 2000

Core organic chemistry, by Marye Anne Fox and James K. Whitesell.
D. H. Hill Library QD253 .F68 1997

Schaum's outline of theory and problems of general, organic, and biological
chemistry, by George Odian and Ira Blei.
D. H. Hill Library QD42 .O28 1994

The organic chemistry problem solver: a complete solution guide to any textbook, by staff of the Research and Education Association, M. Fogiel, director.
D. H. Hill Library QD257 .O727 1993

3000 solved problems in organic chemistry, by Estelle K. Meislich, Herbert Meislich, and Joseph Sharefkin.
D. H. Hill Library QD257 .M43 1994

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Finding out about Chemicals: Structures, Uses, Properties, Hazards...

These resources contain property information and structures

ChemExper
Contains 60,000+ compounds together with their physical properties such as boiling point, melting point, IR spectrum (5000+), MSDS (12000+), with 2D and 3D structures.

ChemFinder
Contains property data for over 75,000 compounds, plus large collections of links on different topics including structures, uses, safety, health, properties.

ChemNetBase
Includes the CRC Handbook and several chemical dictionaries. A good source for property data, and some structures for many types of organic compounds, including polymers and natural products.

Aldrich Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals

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Some handbooks and guides available in the library:

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
D. H. Hill Reference QD65 .C44
Online: ChemNetBase

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
D. H. Hill Reference QD65 .L36 1992

Dictionary of Organic Compounds, 6th ed.
D. H. Hill Reference QD246 .D5
Online: ChemNetBase

Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds (CRC)
D. H. Hill Reference QD257.7 .H36 1994

Dictionary of Natural Products
D. H. Hill Reference QD415 .A25 D53

Merck Index
D. H. Hill Ref. RS51 .M4

Aldrich Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals
D. H. Hill Ref. TP202.A42
Online: Aldrich Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals

These resources contain information about safety and hazards:

Dictionary of Substances and their Effects
D. H. Hill Reference RA1193 .D53 1999

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
D. H. Hill Reference T55.3 .H3 S3 1996

Sigma-Aldrich Library of Chemical Safety Data
D. H. Hill Reference T55.3 H3 S53 1988

Sigma-Aldrich Library of Regulatory & Safety Data
D. H. Hill Reference T55.3 H3 S55 1993

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Spectral Information

Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds
Includes 6 different types of spectra for selected compounds.

Animated Infra-Red Spectroscopy (AIRS)
IR spectra for about 30 compounds (more being added), with animated molecular vibrations for many of the peaks.
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~parrill/AIRS/

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Other Useful Web Sites

Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Designed and maintained by a professional organic chemist to serve the needs of other professionals. Sections include coverage of organic chemistry literature, synthesis planning, chemical sourcing, reactions, and spectroscopy.
http://www.organicworldwide.net/main.html

3-D Molecules at Okanagan University College
Shows over 1500 3-D structures (.pdb format).
http://people.ouc.bc.ca/woodcock/molecule/molecule.html

Chemistry Webercises Directory
A collection of links to organic chemistry exercises plus any links to spectroscopy reviews and exercises.
http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/#VII. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

NCSU Libraries Home Page
Search the catalog for books, find databases and look for journal articles, locate e-reserves, check your borrowing record, and much more at the library home page.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/

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