O-Chem/Bio-Chem Fall 2008

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Hello fellow chemists!

I know there's already a chem thread, but I think it is geared mostly to inorganic chem and I need inspiration, motivation, good leads on websites and basically any support I can get (and offer!) for my O-Chem/Bio-Chem class this semester. Anyone else taking this class? The book we are using is by McMurry and I would love to hear from anyone who is using a different book as I am pretty sure this is the worst textbook on the planet.

Note, this is not a "full" O-chem class...it's the survey course geared to nursing students...and it is so not fun! But maybe you think it's fun...if so, I'd love:heartbeat to hear from you!

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hello ms. polka-dot!

check your email when you can...i emailed you some stuff on organic chem....:)

cheers! :)

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Specializes in ICU.
hello ms. polka-dot!

check your email when you can...i emailed you some stuff on organic chem....:)

cheers! :)

you are an angel!

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you are an angel!

i hope its what your looking for! :) :up:

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I posted most of this in another thread, but here it is again, in case any other poor o-chem soul wanders in looking for it:

I use a LOT of different resources, because some resources are better at teaching one thing than another. I do like the Organic Chemistry for Dummies book, which is much better than most of the Dummies series.

I also constantly go to the virtual organic chem book:

http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/intro1.htm

Lots of explanations and good exercises there. I finally understood cis-trans isomerism in cyclohexane after reading his explanation.

I also really like chemguide, although not every topic is covered:

http://chemguide.co.uk

I sometimes go to Dr. Hardinger's website:

http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/index.html

This guy has a lot of good handouts and quizzes/problem sets:

http://itech.pjc.edu/tgrow/2210tom.html#Problems%20Sets

I also refer to The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry book by Karty and Organic Chemistry I As A Second Language by Klein.

Oh, and a new one (this guy is my hero) which is a fantastic resource for systematically learning nomenclature:

http://www.molecularmodels.ca/nomenclature/index-2.htm

He also has some very useful information on stereochemistry in there. My Achilles heel! :eek:

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