Organic Chemistry Tutorials

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Acids and Bases
     Vocabulary   |   Conjugate Acids and Bases   |   Use of the pKa Table   |   Molecular Structure and Acidity

Aromaticity
     Aromaticity

Carbohydrates
     Withdrawn

Carbocations
     Carbocations

Curved Arrows
     Curved Arrows

Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
     Vocabulary   |   Electrophiles and Nucleophiles

Formal Charge
     Formal Charge

Lewis Dot Structures
     Drawing Lewis Dot Structures

Molecular Model Kit
     Version 1   |   Version 2

Resonance
     Vocabulary   |   Drawing Resonance Contributor   |   Most Important Resonance Contributor

SN2 Reaction
     Visualing SN2 Transition State via Molecular Models

Stereochemistry
     Stereochemistry lecture presentation (Chem 30A fall 2002)

     Vocabulary   |   Identifying Stereocenters   |   Determining Molecular Chirality   |   Classification of Isomers   |
     Stereocenter Nomenclature: The R/S System   |   Drawing Enantiomers and Diastereomers   |   Specific Rotation and Related Calculations

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