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Things Digital
Nomograph accurately
calculates new b.p. at any pressure - choice
of units - excellent! Javascript Graphing Calculator fill in data, and it
shows you how eight common graphs look - great! Optical
Rotation
Calculator enter the usual variables, and it
provides the rotation. Rotovap Simulator
wondering if you can strip acetone from a
compound whose b.p. is 180 °C? Here's the answer; can accommodate
two solutes
Base Dissociation Constants what you'd expect Chemical Dictionary great graphics as well as definitions Concentrations mass and weight Data for General, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry 36 tables of data, w/thermochem., lattice E, DH, conversions, etc. IUPAC
Compendium of Chemical Terminology the name says it all - from the
ultimate source On-Line Databases and Software the Chemical Society's
(UK) collection of >3000 links Physical Constants of Solvents including bp/mp, refractive index, dipole moment, dielectric constant, molar refraction Solvents for Chromatography features the physical constants from above, along with several specific to chromatography UIUC
Chemistry Library Electronic Journals the
entire holdings of UIUC chem. journals, with the years they have. Look
to see if the ref. you need is there, then just give me the citation; I can have
it for you in minutes!
Laboratory
Techniques extraordinarily useful
 German-English
Dictionary by TU Chemnitz, has quite complete database
of chemical terms and acronymsBeilstein
German-English Dictionary from Stanford University,
specific for chemistry and chemical engineeringNew
English-German Dictionary one of the best! Can
be downloaded onto your own PCQuickDic (I'm
serious!) this may be the best of them all
Chemical and Physical Properties great utility for finding reference books for any physical/chemical properties you could imagine Chemical Databases Chemistry very nice collection of link libraries for all areas of chemistry Chemistry
Internet Resources: LSU Webliography link to web sites for
chemical data, esp. fullerenes, pesticides, and phys. properties ChemService supplier of
analytical samples and small quantities of organic chemicals; special
interest in pesticides and metabolites. European
Patent Office, The network of patent
databases, covering 30M documents Library
of Chemistry Information - FDA links
for databases, food chemistry, journals/conferences,
software, lab equip., etc. NetSci an on-line publication which features
scientific focus
articles and resources in pharmaceutical/biotech areas Patents - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can search for both issued and applied for patents, incl. full-text Sci-Info
Information Resource Guide
long list of chemistry books, with call no.'s, a few of
which are on-line SINTEF a
Norwegian consulting/research firm, with
expertise
in many chemical areas, from catalysis to synthetic
organic chemistry WWW Chemicals on CHEM.COM search catalogs
(and find co.s' homepages) by name or substructure, find equipment,
find custom synthesis, etc. Chemistry Publishers [for links to specific journals, see Chemistry Journals] ACS Publications American Chemical SocietyChemical Society of Japan (CSJ) - just what it says! Chemistry Journals since 1995, one of the world's most comprehensive, link-checked lists of internet-linked chemistry-related journals. Delphion Intellectual Property Network - US Patents Elsevier Science journals - Organic Chemistry (the "Tetrahedron trio") Europe's Network of Patent Databases - EP & WO Kluwer Online - Kluwer Online Gateway RSC Journals - Royal Society of Chemistry ScienceDirect - WebEdition Journals Thieme Chemistry - Thieme (Synthesis, Synlett) Wiley-InterScience - Chemistry Journals UdeM's list of Online Journals
Organic Chemistry
Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics free molecular and reaction modelling ChemVis chemical visualization on the internet CIRRUS an undergraduate chemical research resource Gordon Research Conferences Home Page the best conferences around - Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Molecular Diversity, Combinatorial Chemistry, and Solid Phase Synthesis from CSPS Pharmaceuticals Name Reaction List very nice, color coordinated, from MonomerChem Named Reactions Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Named Reagents Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Named Rules and Effects very handy - Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Organic Chemistry - Directory of Online Resources list of useful links Organic Chemistry Forum the organic part of ChemWeb (section 2, above) - fantastic site Organic Chemistry Info undiscovered treasure! - Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide an intuitive WWW resource guide for synthetic organic chemists - maybe the best Organic Chemistry Text On Line Prof. William Reusch - magnificent! Organic Division Info from the ACS division - covers rxns., nomenclature, cmpds., & NMR. Organic Synthesis Exploration Tool (OSET) aplet-based synthetic disconnection tool - very good, esp. for a Windows-based program Organometallic HyperTextBook Index, The a really great resource - readable and rigorous Other Organic Chemistry Resources a gathering of resources from other sites, most of which are included in this compilation Pericyclic and other Orbital Symmetry-Controlled Reactions - orbital symmetry, Woodward-Hoffman Rules, electrocyclic/sigmatropic rxns, Phosphine Ligands a short listing of typical phosphine ligands used in asymmetric catalysis Reactive Intermediates listing by Prof. Hans Reich of the common types of reactive intermediates Synthesis Reviews Database a database of over 15,000 review articles of interest to synthetic organic chemists. St Hugh's College Organic Chemistry Web visually superb, a great comprehensive site - Requires IE! Tetrahedron.info free access to TOC and abstracts for all five Elsevier journal TORVS chemical internet services an incredible number of free computational services, from calc. & visualization of orbitals to modeling applications Web-Sters Organic Chemistry a "Living Document of Internet Resources", Information and Applications
* This is not an exhaustive list; for more chemical dealers, try using Google on "laboratory" or "research chemicals", etc.
Organic
Chemistry Course Materials
Advanced Organic Chemistry: Synthesis of Complex Molecules: Harvard (Chem115 - Andy Myers) PSIgate Chemistry Gateway links to hundreds of 31 handouts, databases, course homepages, lecture notes, tutorials, etc. - very complete Organic and Inorganic Chemistry - Imperial College - includes the following:
O=CHem Directory -from Univ. of S. Maine - with tutorials on every topic, with interactive exercises and quizzes - great!
Spectroscopy/Chromatography Analytical Chemistry Springboard, The Umea Univ. (Sweden) collection of analytical links, to both techniques and data resources Beer's Law - Theoretical Principles from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial Chemical Concepts "sophisticated spectroscopic software" coordinating >660,000 spectra (world's largest!) Chromatography - Introductory theory from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial CLOGP Predictor calculation of hydrophobicity as Log P (o/w) EuroSpec - International Spectroscopic Data Bank not really off the ground yet, but their graphics are great! Gas Chromatography from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial Integrated Spectral Data Base System (SDBS) the great Japanese site to which others only aspire - typical spectra with a HUGE database Molecular Monte Carlo Home Page a great site if you're interested in Monte Carlo methods, from classical to quantum mechanical Molecules Help Page also from Purdue, everything you wanted to know about moleclues Online Guide to Chiral HPLC - very good primer from Mark Earll's web page; Earll is an analytcial chemist. Organic Structure Elucidation "A Workbook of Unknowns" SpectroscopyNOW The New Online Resource Serving the Spectroscopy Community OSIRIS Property Explorer predicts molecular properties, incl.cLogP, toxicity, sol'y., MW, drug likeness (fragment-based and overall) Solutions Help Page from Pursue, everything you wanted to know about solutions, along with a nice chemistry glossary Spectra OnLine not quite as large as the Japanese site, but fast and still very large database Spectroscopy Home from UIC, very good synopses of the major types of spectroscopy, along with self-tests and problems. Great review. Spectroscopy Resources Chemical Institute of Canada -very diverse, w/hypertexts, journals, databases, abstracts, software, research groups, societies Spectroscopy Tools Online Univ. of Pottsdam, incl. pgs. w/shift tables (H,B,C,N,O,F,P), J values, periodic table, NMR solvents, etc. TOPNMR On-Line Demo on-line prediction of 1H and 13C NMR shift data UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy - Theory from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial
NMR Spectroscopy
Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry/Biochemistry/Cell Biology Cell Biology Animation you name it, he's got a Flash animation - also covers architectural art, graphics, "3D", stochastic, etc. Bio materials Network resource center for anyone working with biological materials - links, conferences, leading references, etc., etc. Drugs.Com a very complete, huge database on Rx and OTC drugs of all kinds Elsevier’s Drug Discovery Gateway on BioMedNet just what it says - excellent resource! First Course in Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics complete, well-referenced and illustrated on-line course Fundamentals of Drug Action - Stereochemistry nice collection of graphics/data on the effects of chirality of biological action Intermolecular Forces a very good review; yes, you do need to review this!! Introduction to Drug Action from the virtual ChemBook - a very good introduction to the concepts of xenobiotics and how the body deals with them Medical Pharmacology great, on-line book - check it out; you'll be amazed at its depth and excellent graphics Medicinal and Poisonous Plant Databases databases covering poisonous plants, medicinal plants, and mistletoe (!) Merck Manual, The the time-honored text of diseases, their etiology, course, Tx, etc. Metabolism Overview includes cell structure, ATP, glycolysis, electron transport, energy transfer in cells, the important biochemical cycles, etc. On-Line Biology Book (yes; that's its real name) a complete, 59 chapter, well illustrated book on basic biology Pharmacokinetics a very cool collection of graphics and javascript programs illustrating drug distribution, absorption, excretion, metabolism, etc. Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics course home page from Univ. of OK College of Pharmacy Pharmacy Databases on the WWW lots of links on all aspects of pharmacy, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, etc. Principles of Drug Action fnc. grps., acid-base chemistry, amd physicochemical propeties RxList easily the best all-around site for drug information, incl. indications, uses, clinical pharm., overdoses, side-effects, etc. Virtual Autopsy, The just what it sounds like - try it; you'll like it! Safety and Ethics 10th Report on Carcinogens NIH's periodical review of the state of carcinogenesis ATSDR's HazDat Database front end to the hazardous substance release and health effects database CCINFOweb Canadian safety site; databases include CHEMINFO (safety data), OSH (worldwide safety lit.), legislation, etc. Chemist's Code of Conduct from ACS, a description of chemists' responsibilities towards all parties Emergency Response Guidebook from Transport Canada, a complete response handbook - great job Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research - ACS (pdf) self-explanatory Ethics OnLine "The OnLine Ethics Center for Engineering and Science" - super, large, complete site with many links Hazardous Chemical Database Univ. of Akron site; each "hit" provides large, four-screen safety profile IPCS INCHEM chemical safety data - includes great "chem. safety cards", health/safety guides, antidote data, much more MDL Information Systems - Downloads includes the Drug Data Report, Toxicity Finder, and other health/safety-related items Oxford Univ.'s Safety Site amazing site, incl. buffers,carcinogens, MSDS, peroxides, flash points, gloves, gases, much more Poisons Information Monographs V from IPCS, covers hundreds of chemicals Prudent Practices in the Laboratory Table of Contents - 1995 RTECS Database Search Engine CCINFOweb's RTECS search engine Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets
Looking for a Graduate School? A Job? A Chemical Conference? Synthetic Chemistry Academic Chemistry Departments in the United States complete listing Academic Chemistry Departments Outside the US just what it says Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend a great open book on mentoring students in science and engineering Chemical Society's Conferences/Events Homepage search by discipline, avail. time, organizer, etc. Chemistry Conferences the source for them all - conferences, exhibitions, and trade fairs Organic Synthetic Groups in Canada quite complete, maintained by the same chemist who does the US list Organometallic Research Groups covers N. America Pharmaceutical Companies a listing of the top several dozen pharmas, along with their primary web sites Synthetic Research Groups - USA virtually every synthetic organic group in the country. Continually updated. What to do with a Major in Chemistry in case you forget why you're putting yourself through all this! Medicinal Chemistry Academic and Government Medicinal Chemistry Sites lists the best programs in the country, both in academia and government ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry under "Links", lists the 20-30 strongest graduate programs Anita's Web Picks a somewhat eclectic, but comprehensive selection of graduate programs, databases, computational sites, etc. in medicinal chem. Grad. Schools.com a nicely organized site; you can click on the state(s) you're interested in; other listings are also linked Medicinal Chemistry in IUPAC Accomplishments During the Past Decade and Relationships With Industry. Medicinal Chemistry in the New Millennium from Chemistry International Other Cool Sites from VCU, a large listing of medicinal links, including academic programs, industrial sites, online courses, computatioinal links, etc.
Want to be a Better Writer/Speaker? ACS Style Guide A Manual for Authors and Editors ACS Handbook for Speakers everything you could ever want to know, and then some APA Style Guide the format used by ACS Citing Your Sources - Citation Style Guides great resource from Wright State Univ. Effective Presentations from KU Medical Center, a very complete and comprehensive on giving a dynamite talk Guidelines for Hosting an ACS Meeting from ACS Language Help Pages guidelines for scientific presentations Oral Skills a very good outline on honing the orla skills all scientists must have Poster Preparation Guidelines from Univ. of Chicago Style Manuals a selection of various style guides Tips for Giving Scientific Presentations a short, but very useful link list for web resources on giving the best talk you possibly can Tips for Preparing Scientific Presentations from a scientist in the limitary, very well thought out Welcome to (EIU's) Writing Center! lots of links ot useful resources about grammar, sentence construction, etc. "How To" Series from Kansas Med. School
Fun/Interesting Stuff! "The Elements" song (Lehrer), animated! if you've never heard this before (or even if you have), you must see the animation!! QuackWatch from a now-retired psychiatrist who grew sick of quacks, questionable product claims, etc. Check it out!!! Glassblowing Tips from E. Caroline Univ., a nice collection of data about scientific glassblowing, glass recipies, tools, torches/burners, etc. Glasstopia cool site; the link is to award-winning entries (non-scientific), some of which are breathtaking! Scientific Glassblowing Basics from the ECU page; this covers pretty much every task you'd need, from cutting/bending glass to ring and vacuum seals Science Jokes from The Netherlands - some great, some awfull Innocentive Feeling creative? A series of compounds for which synthetic sequences are being solicited - they pay between $5K and $75 AFU & Urban Legends Archive awesome collection Chemistry of How Things Work, The really fascinating collection of case studies from carcer chemotherapy to Gatorade to fuel cells "Chem 211 Songs" from "Grignard the Beautiful" to "Glory, Glory It's Wolff-Kischer", a collection of cute tune commemorating important chem. events Nanotube Site, The just super The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project the results of testing the venerable food item in every way imaginable, esp. its legendary longevity The Onion|America's Finest News Source if you haven't checked The Onion, you don't have the whole story! Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device even after you see this, you won't be sure if this guy's for real Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index! the best political cartoon site anywhere - super subject index! OXYmoron Humour Archive: Scientific Articles what every scientist must read to stay informed of the latest important developments University of Slough - Department of Perpetual Motion and you thought this was impossible!! Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names great comic relief! Straight Dope, The Cecil Adams answers those questions nagging mankind but whose answers have proven so elusive... Last Modified: Copyright ©2007 
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