Structure & Reactivity in Organic, Biological and Inorganic Chemistry
Part I: Chemical Structure and Properties
Chem 125: Atoms, Compounds, Molecules, Intermolecular
Attractions, Structure-Property Relationships
Part II: Practical Aspects of
Structure: Purification and Spectroscopy Chem 201-203: Infrared, NMR, Mass Spectrometry,
Laboratory Techniques
Part III: Reactivity in Organic, Biological and Inorganic
Chemistry 1
Chem 250: Thermodynamics, Ligand Binding in Coordination Chemistry,
Reactions
of Carbonyl Compounds in Organic and Biological Chemistry, Reactions of
Coordinated Carbonyls
Part IV: Reactivity in Organic, Biological and Inorganic
Chemistry 2
Chem 251: Kinetics, Substitution Reactions in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Addition and
Elimination Reactions Involving Alkenes and Aromatics
Part V: Reactivity in Organic, Biological and Inorganic
Chemistry 3
Chem 315: Redox Reactions, Radical Reactions, Photochemistry, Pericyclic Reactions
Part VI: Special
Topics: Polymers
Part VII: Special
Topics: Determination of Reaction Mechanism
Useful Appendices
Appendix: Useful
Data in Chemistry
periodic tables, amino acids, spectroscopy, reduction potentials
Appendix: Organic Structural Features & Functional Groups
recognize common groups in organic chemistry
Appendix: "Road Map" Practice Problems in Organic Chemistry
practice recognizing reactions in different contexts
definitions of terms
This site was written by Chris P. Schaller, Ph.D., College of Saint Benedict / Saint John's
University, retired, with other authors as noted on individual pages. It is freely
available for educational use.
Acknowledgements
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Grant No. 1043566.
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