Portal:Organic chemistry

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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!

Get started with our Organic Chemistry course!

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News and current events

• 9 July 2021 - Isomerism, Chirality and Stereochemistry started!
• 10 December 2020 - Functional Groups started!
• 19 April 2013‎ - Deoxyribonucleic acids started!
• 7 Nov 2007 - Lessons 1.1 - 1.3 revised
• 4 Nov 2007 - Updated links, resources, articles
• 24 Oct 2007 - New department interface!
• 6 Jul 2007 - Department of Organic Chemistry founded!

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Research projects and questions

• Amino acids - testing lysine anabolism of Metallosphaera cuprina an Archaean.

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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

• Molecule editing software
  • ChemOffice (Paid chemical software suite)
  • ChemSketch (Free chemical drawing software)

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Participation

• 24 December 2021 Thy Pyrometer
• 17 December 2021 with Remedy/Nutraceuticals --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 07:31, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
• Since 12 August 2014 with Amino acids‎ --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 07:31, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Inactive participants

• 2 April 2018‎ AxiomaticSpace
• 5 March 2018‎ Loltim
• 5 August 2013‎ Mysterioso
• 6 September 2008‎ Emesee
• 4 November 2007‎ Akira1080
• 6 July 2007‎ Irishcocacola
• 22 March 2007‎ Remi0o
• 16 January 2007‎ JWSchmidt

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Things you can do

• Fill out the Lessons articles

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Textbooks

• Solomons and Fryhle (ISBN 978-0471417996) ~$160
• Wade (ISBN 978-0131699571) ~$170
• Carey (ISBN 978-0073311845) ~$175
• McMurry (ISBN 978-0534389994) ~$150

• Organic Chemistry by Clayden, Greeves and Warren, Oxford University Press, 2012 (ISBN 978-0199270293)
• A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry by Sykes, Prentice Hall, 1996 (ISBN 978-0582446953)

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Useful links

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 animated Organic Chemistry
• Organic Families and Their Functional Groups
• Organic Chemistry Teaching kit
• Organic World Wide - A collection of Links

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Lessons

Wikiversity

Section 1 1.1 Definition of Organic chemistry 1.2 Structure and Bonding 1.3 Introduction to Functional Groups 1.4 Intermolecular Forces Section 2 2.1 Drawing and Naming Organic Molecules 2.2 Isomerism, Chirality and Stereochemistry 2.3 Conformations and Rings Section 3 3.1 Introduction to Spectroscopy 3.2 Infrared Spectroscopy 3.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 3.4 Mass Spectroscopy 3.5 UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Section 4 4.1 Reactions and Mechanisms 4.2 Solvents 4.3 Conjugation 4.4 Radical Reactions 4.5 Selectivity and Reactivity 4.6 Kinetics and Equilibrium 4.7 Acidity Section 5 5.1 Nucleophilic Subtitution Reactions 5.2 Elimination Reactions 5.3 Alkenes and Alkynes 5.4 Alcohols 5.5 Ethers and Epoxides Section 6 6.1 Aromatic Compounds 6.2 Determining Aromaticity 6.3 Related Compounds 6.4 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution 6.5 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 6.6 Heterocycles

Section 7 7.1 Aldehydes and Ketones 7.2 Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives 7.3 Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds 7.4 Diastereoselectivity and Acid-Base Catalysis Section 8 8.1 Nitrogen Compounds 1 8.2 Nitrogen Compounds 2 8.3 Amines Section 9 9.1 Using Organometallics 9.2 Using Enolates 9.3 Formation of Alkenes 9.4 Functionalisation of Alkenes 9.5 Oxidation Reactions 9.6 Reduction Reactions