Organic Chemistry III

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 336 - Spring 2009

Computer Resources

Organic chemistry programs available in the Chemistry Commons
(Science Building 1, Room 221)

(The room is staffed by chemistry graduate students, who also serve as tutors.)

Organic Reaction Mechanisms (ORM - on the computer desktops)

- animations of reactions, including reaction energy profiles
IR Tutor - on the computer desktops

- an excellent introduction to light, absorption properties, and spectra
- includes numerous examples of infrared spectra with explanations

Chem TV (CD checked out from the TA desk)

- animations of reactions
- open the folders (directories) to find the specific reaction or structure topic of interest

Chem TV / Choices (CD checked out from the TA desk)

- various review topics, animations, and even games


Chemistry programs available for purchase on the web:

Organic Reaction Mechanisms (ORM) ( http://www.falconsoftware.com )

ChemOffice ( http://www.camsoft.com )

ChemTV ( http://catalog.jbpub.com/detail.cfm?i=0593-4 )


Chemistry 3D visualization programs free on the web:

Chime - ( http://www.mdli.com )

RasMol - ( http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/ )


Chemistry drawing programs free on the web:

ISIS/Draw - ( http://www.mdli.com )

ChemWeb - ( http://www.softshell.com/free/indexx.html )

ChemDraw - ( http://chemstore.cambridgesoft.com/software/category.cfm?group=free )