Reaction Info
Info on reactions (inc. named items), electron pushing, acid/base catalysis, natural pdt. syntheses
- Acronyms (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Carbonyl Chemistry (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Electron Pushing/Drawing Mechanisms (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Named Reactions (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Named Reagents (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Named Rules and Effects (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Organic Reactions
- Organic Syntheses
- Protecting Groups-Organic Chemistry Portal
- Reaction Retrieval System
- Terms used in Physical Organic Chemistry
Reaction Topics
- Acidity and Basicity (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Combinatorial Chemistry Review
- Combinatorial Chemistry (at Science Direct)
- Flow Chemistry-Organic Chemistry Portal
- Green Chemistry
- Green Chemistry-Organic Chemistry Portal
- Microwave Syntheses-Organic Chemistry
- Multicomponent Reactions-Organic Chemistry
- Organoboron Chemistry
- Organocatalysis-Organic Chemistry
- Organometallic Chemistry (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Pericyclic Reactions (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Photochemistry (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Reduction and Oxidation (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Sonochemistry-Organic Chemistry
Other Sites on Named Reactions
- Name Reaction.com (Toronto, by Endri Gjiri)
- Named Reactions-Organic Chemistry Portal (by Doug Taber)
- Organic Reactions (Wikipedia)
- SynArchive.com (by Daniel Beaudoin)
- Monomerchem, Inc. (by Marcus Brackeen)
- "ReactionFlash™ App" (developed by Elsevier and Prof.Erick M.Carreira, ETH-Zürich): over 1000 named reactions, their mechanisms and examples published in peer-reviewed literature
- ReactionGuessr: a guess named reaction game, developed by Vincent Le Fouler
Lists of Total Syntheses (Reaction Schemes are included)
- Natural Product Syntheses (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Totally Synthetic Blog (by Docherty/Taber)
- SynArchive
- Total Synthesis of Natural Products Dojo
- Prof. Dirk Trauner (New York University) group's Total syntheses problem sets
- "Synthesis Club Roadmap Problems" by German Cancer Research Center
- "Synthesis Workshop" by Dr. Matthew Horwitz: an open access video podcast, including four complementary modules - Total Synthesis, Named Reactions, Research Spotlights, and Culture of Chemistry
Chemical Data
Info on pKa values, nucleophile/electrophiles, A-values, solvents, physical constants, etc.
- A-Values (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Bond Energies and Bond Dissociation Energies (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Bond Dissociation Energies (Prof. Armen Zakarian, University of California Santa Barbara)
- Bond Dissociation Energy Estimator by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Electronegativities of Elements-Periodic Table (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Organoboron Chemistry
- pKa Values (Water, DMSO, gas phase) (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Properties of Common Organic Compounds (Steven Murov)
Nucleophile/Electrophile Reactivity
Solvents
Periodic Tables
- Photophysical Properties of Photosensitizers and Quenchers (Steven Murov)
- Physical Constants
- Physical Constants wall chart (NIST)
- SI Units
- Nomograph (Boiling point vs Pressure, Aldrich)
- Data Conversion
- Math Formulas
- Frequency - Wavelength - Energy Converter (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Chemistry Data Tables (Wired Chemist)
Spectroscopy Resources
Info on: NMR (1H, 13C, 19F 31P, 11B, 77Se), IR, UV, MS spectroscopy and links to spectra databases
General
General NMR
- NMR Spectroscopy (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- NMR Spectroscopy (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- NMR Supplemental NMR Topics (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- The Basics of NMR-Hornak (Rochester Institute of Technology)
- NMR Dictionary
- NMR Multiplet Guide-Nowick (UCI)
- Dr. Glenn Facey (University of Ottawa) NMR blogs
NMR Data
Multinuclear NMR Data
Mass Spectroscopy
UV Spectroscopy
IR Spectroscopy
Databases of Spectra
Problems
Organic Compound Info
Info on naming organic compounds, functional groups, assigning R/S. and organic compound types
Nomenclature
- General Information (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Functional Groups Summary (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Named Reagents (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Reactive Intermediates (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Acronyms (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Nitrogen Containing Functional Groups Summary (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Abbreviations: Journal of Organic Chemistry
- IUPAC (ACDLabs)
- RSC IUPAC Rules (RSC, free registration required)
- IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the Gold Book)
- IUPAC Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates 1995
- Numbering of Ring Systems
Stereochemistry
Organometallic Topics
Organic Compound Special Types
- Heterocyclic Chemistry (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Nitrogen Containing Functional Groups Summary (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Pesticides
- Polymers (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Carbohydrates (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Proteins and Amino Acids (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Nucleic Acids (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Steroids
- Sweeteners
- Aroma Compounds-Wikipedia
Databases
- CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool
- Beyond CASSI
- ChEMBL (RSC): manually curated databases of bioactive molecules with drug-like properties (~6900 compounds, ~9800 bioactivities)
- Chemical Abstract Service (CAS)
- ChemSpider (RSC)
- ChemSynthesis
- eMolecules (suppliers)
- OSIRIS Property Explorer
- PubChem (NIH)
- RCSB Protein Databank
- Reaxys
- Science of Synthesis
- Unichem
- WebReactions
- WolframAlpha: Chemistry
Sites on Some General Info on Organic Compounds
Safety Resources
Links to useful resources for safe operations of organic chemistry laboratories
- Dow Lab Safety Academy
- Lab Safety Institute
- OSHA Occupational Chemistry Database
- Prudent Practices in the Laboratory (Free download, PDF)
- UCLA: Health & Safety
- UC San Diego-Lab Safety Video Links
- Safety Data Sheet (SDS) lookup by ChemInfo: SDS quick lookup by brand, catalog number, or CAS number from Acros, Maybridge, Fisher, TCI, Fluorochem
- Safety Data Sheet (SDS) lookup by ChemicalSafety
Chemical Societies and Portals
Links to chemical societies especially those that have a focus on or related to organic chemistry
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry
- Canadian Society for Chemistry, Organic Division
- Chemical Institute of Canada
- International Isotope Society
- International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
- National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChe)
- North American Catalysis Society
- Royal Society of Chemistry-Organic Division
- The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
- The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
- The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Literature Sources
Links to literature resources (i.e. lists of journals with an organic chemistry focus)
- ACS Organic Division's Links to Organic Journals
- Organic Reactions
- Organic Syntheses
- ACS Online Publications
- The Goodman's Group List-University of Cambridge
- Reference Resolver
Laboratory Techniques
Links to resources for doing various general laboratory procedures in organic chemistry labs
- Not Voodoo Organic Techniques/Information
- NOP General Techniques
- NOP all Experiments
- ChemSpider Synthetic Procedure Pages
- Organic Syntheses
- "The Schlenk Line Survival Guide" by Dr. Andryj Borys
Useful Software
Links to software applications that are likely useful for a broad selection of organic chemists
Chemical Drawing Programs
- ChemBioDraw
ChemBioDraw Tutorial Videos by Pierre Morieux
- Colorful ChemDraw Collections
- ChemDraw Magic 4: How to REALLY use ChemDraw 17, Using Hotkeys
- ChemDraw Magic Tricks: Quick Catalytic Cycles
- ChemDraw Magic 3: Dendrimers, Delivered
- ChemDraw Magic 2
- ChemDraw Magic 1
- All Videos by Pierre Morieux
- ChemDoodle
- MarvinSketch: Structure Drawing Software
Computational Chemistry
Chemical Inventory and/or Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)
"Open Enventory": free, open-source chemical inventory & ELN
- User Guides
- Original Software by Dr. Felix Rudolphi
- Modified Version by Dr. Khoi Van: Dr. Khoi Van added some extra functions as well as some modification for U.S.-based users. Used by Texas A&M University, labs at Baylor University, labs at MIT.
- "Sciformation" by Dr. Felix Rudolphi: Paid software for ELN, Inventory, LIMS, with broader applications beyond chemistry
- "LabCup": Paid software for Chemical Inventory and Laboratory Management
Diagram Drawing Programs
Others
- Awesome Cheminformatics: A curated list of Cheminformatics software, resources, and libraries.
- Awesome Python Chemistry: A curated list of Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources related to Chemistry
- Cheminfo.org: variety of tools for cheminformatics, including but not limited to: SDS lookup, search by exact mass in Pubchem, Wikipedia Chemical view, etc.
- Search by exact mass in Pubchem: Search Pubchem database for compounds using provided exact mass
- Chemcalc.org: collection of mass calculators: molecular formula to exact mass; mass to prediction of molecular formula; proteins/polymer mass distributions analyses; Mass spec exercises
- MaxBridge
- Schrödinger
- Splotch.io: mobile app for organizing and annotating TLC data.
- Vogel Scientific Software: CIARA and CALACO.
Resources for Educators and Students
Links and resources for educators and students in teaching and learning organic chemistry
- Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University)
- Acronyms (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- ChemTube (3D Organic Chemistry Animations)
- Chemistry by Design-Jón Njarðarson (Arizona)
- Chemical Educational Xchange (by JCE)
- Chimie générale & organiqué-Gérard Dupuis
- Organic Chemistry InfoGraphics-Roman Valiulin
- Determining the product of Substitution or Elimination Reactions-Robert Grossman (Kentucky)
- Drawing Substitution and Elimination Products-Robert Grossman (Kentucky)
- Electron Pushing/Drawing Mechanisms (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC)
- Organic Education Resources (OrganicERs.org cCWCS)
- Polymer Education Guide
- R/S Chemistry-Master Assigning Absolute Stereochemistry-Neil Garg
- Stereochemistry Help-Robert Grossman (Kentucky)
- The Golden Rules of Organic Chemistry
- The Organic Coloring Book by Neil Garg
- The Adult Organic Coloring Book by Neil Garg
- Chemistry Hall
- QR Chem (presentation materials for instructors)-Neil Garg
- MolSSI Education Resources: Free online tutorial materials including Programming, Software Development, and Computational Molecular Science.
Lecture Notes
- "Advanced Organic Chemistry", Prof. David Evans (Harvard): Chem 206 course notes
- "Advanced Organic Chemistry", Eugene Kwan (Harvard): A set of reinterpretation of the Chem 206 course notes created by Professor David A. Evans
- Heterocyclic Chemistry" (Prof. Phil Baran, The Scripps Research Institute): Also see Organic Chemistry Videos section for videos.
- "NMR Spectroscopy" (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC): Chem 605 course
- "Organic Synthesis", Prof. Andrew Myers (Harvard): Chemistry 115 Handouts, created as part of an advanced course on the synthesis of complex molecules
- Open Source Lecture Notes-Bode Research Group (ETH-Zürich)
- "Organometallics" (Prof. M. Christina White, University of Illinois)
- "Organometallic Chemistry" (Hans Reich's Collection - DOC): Chem 842 course
- Aliphatic C–H oxidation (Prof. M. Christina White, University of Illinois): graduate or advanced undergraduate level lecture. Also available in Chinese.
Group Meeting Notes
- Baran Group Meetings (The Scripps Research Institute)
- MacMillan Group Meetings (Princeton University)
- Richmond Sarpong Group Meetings (University of California Berkeley)
- Scott Denmark Group Meetings (University of Illinois)
- Ryan Shenvi Group Meetings (The Scripps Research Insititute)
- Marty Burke (University of Illinois)
- Brian Stoltz Group Meetings (California Institute of Technology)
Questions and Problem Sets
- Organic Chemistry Problems (Prof. Joseph J. Topczewski, University of Minnesota): example problems and answers for students at the introductory graduate student level or advanced undergraduate level
- Organic Chemistry Practice Problems (Prof. William Reusch, Michigan State University): problems and answers in most undergraduate organic chemistry courses
- "ReactionFlash™ App" (developed by Elsevier and Prof.Erick M.Carreira, ETH-Zürich): over 1000 named reactions, their mechanisms and examples published in peer-reviewed literature
- Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry (APOC) (Android): developed by Niels Sievertsen, provide over 900 challenging organic problems sets by professor Evans (Harvard). Also available for iOS
- Fukuyama group problem set for graduate students
Organic Chemistry Videos
Links to collections and individual (significant/historical) videos about organic chemistry-often lectures
- DOC Videos Page (NOS, historical, & Virtual Symposia)
- Eminent Organic Chemist Videos
- Chemistry Video-clip Library
- Heterocyclic Chemistry @Scripps Lectures 2019 by Prof. Phil Baran
- Organomettallics @Scripps Lectures 2019 by Prof. Keary Engle
- "Synthesis Workshop" by Dr. Matthew Horwitz: an open access video podcast, including four complementary modules - Total Synthesis, Named Reactions, Research Spotlights, and Culture of Chemistry
- Protein Data Bank Videos
Other Sites and Resources
Links on topics related to organic chemistry that do not fit in the other categories on this page
- Chemical (Academic) Genealogy Database
- Famous Organic Chemists
- Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
- Nobel Prizes in Chemistry on Nobelprize.org
Chemistry Portals
MedChem/Pharma Links
Research Group Indices
Other Resource Collections
Internships and Fellowships