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Review Problems
Organic Chemistry Jeopardy! Games
While not designed for individual students use (were designed to be moderated by an organic
chemistry "expert"), these Jeopardy! games may be a different way to review some topics in Organic
Chemistry. Some, but not all, "keys" can be found by following the links "back" to the instruction page
for how to create your own Jeopardy! games.
Reaction Rolodex
[added 11/27/07] The "Reaction Rolodex": A Web-Based System for Learning Reactions in
Organic Chemistry:
"This Web-based system of note cards has been developed to aid students in learning the vast
number of reactions encountered in organic chemistry. A thorough knowledge of these reactions is
essential for success in first- and second-semester organic chemistry courses. The reactions are
organized by functional group and can be chosen from a menu at the left side of the Web page. Once
a particular reaction has been selected, the main frame displays the reactant(s) and reagent(s) along
with a question mark in place of the product. After considering the reaction as long as needed, the
user can click the question mark to reveal the reaction product. Clicking the product will again hide
the answer and regenerate the question mark so that the reaction can be practiced again. Selecting
other reactions from the menu on the left allows them to be practiced in the same manner. Not only
have students responded positively toward this study aid, but also an analysis of scores on the
reactions section of exams in first-semester organic chemistry classes indicates significantly higher
performance for classes that used the program versus those that did not."
Eric Mahan
Department of Chemistry
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT 06117
purblished in: J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 672.
Reaction Map of Organic Chemistry
Click here to receive this 32 page document (pdf file). (293.559 Kb)
[Added 11/07] The Reaction-Map of Organic Chemistry has been designed to give organic chemistry
students an overview of most of the reactions needed for the organic chemistry course. The chart has
been partially organized according to the periodic table on the horizontal axis and according to carbon
oxidation level on the vertical axis. In addition the carboxyls are grouped vertically according to
decreasing reactivity, and carbon–carbon bond forming reactions are emphasized with bold arrows.
The chart provides a study aid for students and should help students develop synthetic routes from
one functional group to another. The chart should be especially useful for students studying for the
final examination for the two-semester organic chemistry course. In addition to the chart, three keys
are available that organize the reactions according to mechanism, functional group preparations, and
functional group reactions. Chemistry can be thought of as a search for order in matter and this chart
attempts to provide some insight into the order that exists in organic chemistry.
Citation: Murov, Steven. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1224.
Interactive Study Problems (updated 9/24/07)
Organic Chemistry Practice Problems at Michigan State University: The problems found here are
meant to be useful study tools for students involved in most undergraduate organic chemistry
courses. The problems have been color-coded to indicate general relevance.
Prof. Linda Sweeting, Townson State Univ. (now deceased) has some on-line Organic Reactions
Quizes and Summaries that may be useful practice (let me know). In her words: "The summaries
and quizzes which can be selected below are designed to assist organic chemistry students in the
review of the basic reactions; they are similar to the summaries in the text and include references to
it. We have chosen to use specific examples, rather than R-group notation, so that you will see the
reactions in context in a real, but simple, molecule. Note that every reaction should occur twice in this
summary, once under "reactions" and once under "synthesis"; for your convenience, the functional
groups are separated into semester groups, but some reactions may occur once in each. Reactions
for which the mechanism or stereochemistry is an important part of your learning have Mechanism! or
Stereochemistry! highlighted."
EDIT VIEW
Ohio-State University has some on-line flashcards that help you practice your organic
transformations.
Selected Topics in Organic Chemistry
Colby College has 16 Shockwave, animated, Organic Chemistry topics, posted on their web site. For
the most part, these are well done. Use them to review topics that we have already covered or use
them as we get to new topics, to reinforce the text and lecture.
The University of Southern Maine O=Chem Directory
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Topics.html An impressive collection of Orgo topics
that is essentially a web textbook which includes embedded questions with immediate feedback on
whether you answered the question correctly. Can use this site to either just practice the questions or
to get a second description of a topic we or our book covered. (Discovered 1/31/07).