Study Aids

The study aids collected here range from some of the more complicated graphics used in class, to review materials, to supplementary discussions and problems. Links to some of these items also may be found on other pages of the site.

General Problem Solving Techniques The Six Kinds of Problems
 
Chapters 1 and 2
Lewis Structures Bronsted-Lowery Acid-Base Chemistry Lewis Acids and Bases
Writing Resonance Structures C60, Buckminsterfullerene. Also known as "Buckyball"

. The pattern of five- and six-membered rings is the same as the pattern of seams on a soccer ball.
Chapter 3
Reading Molecular Structures    
Chapter 4

The original antibiotic, penicillin.

Now little used because evolution has provided bacteria with a b-lactamase enzyme that destroys penicillin.

 Names of Alkyl Groups Conformations of Butane (requires Java)
Cyclohexane Conformations (requires Java) Conformations of 4-, 5-, 7, and 8-Rings (requires Java) Conformations of Methylcyclohexanes (requires Java)
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Summary (requires Java) Chirality Without Chiral Centers Drawing Multiple Chiral Centers
Flow Chart for Classifying Isomers Chirality in Methylcyclohexanes Prochirality
Chapters 7 and 8
Flow Chart for SN and E Reactions    
Chapters 13 and 14
Chromatography General Procedure for Structure Determination Example 1H NMR Spectra
Supplementary Spectroscopy Problems Structural Information from Molecular Formulas Table of Infrared Absorption Frequencies
Example IR Spectra Table of NMR Chemical Shifts  
Chapter 9
Summary of Alcohol Reactions Summary of Alcohol Preparations
(incl. Ch. 10 reactions, but also ones from next semester)		 Reactions of Ethers and Oxiranes
Chapter 10
Stereochemistry of Bromine Addition Structure of Bromonium Ions Summary of Alkene Reactions
Chapter 11
Summary of Alkyne Reactions    

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