Topic:Organic chemistry

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY! Part of the School of Chemistry

School of Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a growing subset of chemistry. To put it simply, it is the study of all carbon-based compounds; their structure, properties, and reactions and their use in synthesis.

The application of organic chemistry today can be seen everywhere you look, from the plastic making up components of your computer, to nylon which make up your clothes, to macromolecules and cells that make up your very body! Organic chemistry has expanded our world of knowledge and it is an essential part of the fields of biochemistry, biology, industry, nanotechnology, rocket science, and many more!

School news and current events

• 11/7/07 - 1.1 finished, 1.2 updated
• 11/6/07 - 1.1 and 1.3 revised, 1.2 started
• 11/4/07 - Updated links, resources, articles, etc.
• 10/24/07 - New department interface!
• 7/6/07 - Department of Organic Chemistry founded!

Learning Resources

Online Resources

• Organic Chemistry (Free wikibook)
• Organic Chemistry (Free Michigan State University resource)
• Organic Chemistry (Free Daley & Daley resource)
• Organic Chemistry I MIT OpenCourseWare (Spring 2005)
• Organic Chemistry II MIT OpenCourseWare (Fall 2006)

Software

• Wikipedia:Popular software for molecular modelling
  • Spartan (Modeling software)
• ChemOffice (Powerful chemical software)
  • e.g. w:ChemOffice
• Wikipedia:Molecule editors
  • ChemSketch (Free molecular modeling software)

Active participants

• Irishcocacola - 07/06/07
• Akira1080 - 10/24/07
• Teutonic Crusader - 10/27/07
• Prognitor - 01/01/08
• hongsy - 30/6/12

Research projects/Questions

None yet!

Wikipedia articles

• Organic chemistry
• Organic reactions
• Organic compounds
• IUPAC nomenclature

External links

• American Chemical Society
• Chemical Abstract Service
• Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry Portal
• Organische Chemie(German)
• Synlett
• Wavefunction, Inc. (Developer of Spartan)
• CambridgeSoft (Developer of ChemOffice)
• Organic chemistry help
• Roger Frost's Chemistry Teaching Tools - Organic Chemistry
• Organic Families and Their Functional Groups
• Organic Chemistry Teaching kit
• Organic World Wide - A collection of Links

Textbooks

• Solomons and Fryhle (ISBN 978-0471417996) ~$160
• Wade (ISBN 978-0131699571) ~$170
• Carey (ISBN 978-0073311847) ~$175
• McMurry (ISBN 978-0534389994) ~$150

Lessons

Section 0 0.1 Kinetics and Equilibrium Review 0.2 Thermodynamics Review 0.3 Acid-Base Review Section 1 1.1 What is Organic Chemistry? 1.2 Structure and Bonding 1.3 Introduction to Functional Groups 1.4 Intermolecular Forces 1.5 Reactions and Mechanisms Section 2 2.1 Nomenclature 2.2 Conformations 2.3 Chirality and Isomerism 2.4 Stereochemistry and Optical Activity

Section 3 3.1 Nucleophilic Substitution: Sn2 3.2 Nucleophilic Substitution: Sn1 3.3 Elimination Reactions 3.4 Solvents 3.5 Organic Synthesis Alkanes, alkenes, arenes 4.1 Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes 4.2 Reactions of Alcohols and Ethers 4.3 Arenes 4.4 Radical Reactions 4.5 Conjugation Section 5 5.1 Introduction to Spectroscopy 5.2 Infrared Spectroscopy 5.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 5.4 Mass Spectroscopy 5.5 UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Section 6 6.1 Aromatic Compounds 6.2 Determining Aromaticity and Hückel's Rule 6.3 Related Compounds 6.4 Analysis of Aromatic Compounds 6.5 Aromatic Elecrophilic Addition 6.6 Activators and Deactivators 6.7 Side Chain Reactions Section 7 7.1 Aldehydes, Ketones, and Nomenclature 7.2 Synthesis of Aldehydes and Ketones Section 8 8.1 Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Section 9 9.1 Nitrogen Compounds 1 9.2 Nitrogen Compounds 2

Authors

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Akira1080 - Sections 1.1 through 1.2 hongsy - 4.4

Humor

Take a break and prevent your head from exploding.

Rules of the lab 1. When you don't know what you're doing, do it neatly. 2. Experiments must be reproduceable, they should fail the same way each time. 3. First draw your curves, then plot your data. 4. Experience is directly proportional to equipment ruined. 5. A record of data is essential, it shows you were working. 6. To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start. 7. To do a lab really well, have your report done well in advance. 8. If you can't get the answer in the usual manner, start at the answer and derive the question. 9. If that doesn't work, start at both ends and try to find a common middle. 10. In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. 11. Do not believe in miracles---rely on them. 12. Team work is essential. It allows you to blame someone else. 13. All unmarked beakers contain fast-acting, extremely toxic poisons. 14. Any delicate and expensive piece of glassware will break before any use can be made of it. (Law of Spontaneous Fission)

Brief guide to scientific literature It has been long known = I haven't bothered to check the references It is known = I believe It is believed = I think It is generally believed = My colleagues and I think There has been some discussion = Nobody agrees with me It can be shown = Take my word for it It is proven = It agrees with something mathematical Of great theoretical importance = I find it interesting Of great practical importance = This justifies my employment Of great historical importance = This ought to make me famous Some samples were chosen for study = The others didn't make sense Typical results are shown = The best results are shown Correct within order of magnitude = Wrong The values were obtained empirically= The values were obtained by accident The results are inconclusive = The results seem to disprove my hypothesis Additional work is required = Someone else can work out the details It might be argued that = I have a good answer to this objection The investigations proved rewarding = My grant has been renewed Synthesised according to standard protocols = Purchased

Phrases Remember, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate! Never replicate a successful experiment -Fett's law. It takes alkynes to make a world. A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library. Make it myself? But I'm a physical organic chemist! Old Chemists never die, they just fail to react. First law of Laboratorics: Hot glass and cold glass look alike!