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Title: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: michenll on July 08, 2010, 01:16:01 AM

Hi, I am a professor at a small university in VA.  I am trying to create helpful aides for my students but am unsure what would be best.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I have created a testbank, review videos and flashcards.  What else could be helpful?  Thanks in advance. 

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: AWK on July 08, 2010, 03:15:39 AM

http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/intro1.htm#contnt

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: bromidewind on July 08, 2010, 01:53:39 PM

http://www.google.com (http://www.google.com) :D
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/ (http://www.chemguide.co.uk/) - if your students can get past the language barrier (those Brits use some uncommon alternate words when it comes to chemistry...) this site is an excellent resource.

I find that Wikipedia is great for looking up basic info on substances, i.e. density, molar weight, boiling points, etc.

For reaction help, I stick with textbooks. Wade's Organic Chemistry (any edition) is my favorite, paired with the Solutions Manual.

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: 408 on July 08, 2010, 02:57:32 PM

Quote from: michenll on July 08, 2010, 01:16:01 AM

Hi, I am a professor at a small university in VA.  I am trying to create helpful aides for my students but am unsure what would be best.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I have created a testbank, review videos and flashcards.  What else could be helpful?  Thanks in advance. 

Professor salary not high enough and you get kickbacks for advertising a Chinese chemical supplier on the internet?

A professor that also has issues with concentration problems... http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=42444.msg162304#msg162304
that happen to have already been posted verbatim other places on the net http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707214649AAe0p0E

Or does not know how alkenes react with double bonds...
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=42445.msg162305#msg162305

Even this post is a verbatim quote from elsewhere
http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/forums/organic-chemistry/your-most-helpful-organic-chemistry-resource/?wap2

I think some member's account got taken over by a spam bot.

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: Jorriss on July 08, 2010, 05:22:18 PM

Quote from: 408 on July 08, 2010, 02:57:32 PM

Quote from: michenll on July 08, 2010, 01:16:01 AM

Hi, I am a professor at a small university in VA.  I am trying to create helpful aides for my students but am unsure what would be best.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I have created a testbank, review videos and flashcards.  What else could be helpful?  Thanks in advance. 

Professor salary not high enough and you get kickbacks for advertising a Chinese chemical supplier on the internet?

A professor that also has issues with concentration problems... http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=42444.msg162304#msg162304
that happen to have already been posted verbatim other places on the net http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100707214649AAe0p0E

Or does not know how alkenes react with double bonds...
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=42445.msg162305#msg162305

Even this post is a verbatim quote from elsewhere
http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/forums/organic-chemistry/your-most-helpful-organic-chemistry-resource/?wap2

I think some member's account got taken over by a spam bot.

This was fantastic...

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: SVXX on July 09, 2010, 02:01:42 PM

Wow 408....it's my turn to say wow. :P

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: discodermolide on July 18, 2010, 12:45:05 PM

My brain, addled as it is

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: thedarktwilite on September 03, 2010, 02:40:18 AM

I personally found MIT's opencourse ware to be a very powerful learning resource.

Its on MIT's website under opencourseware

Title: Re: What is your most helpful organic chemistry resource?
Post by: research on September 05, 2010, 11:23:55 AM

what a good question I really like that.