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Intermediate Organic Chemistry 1

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Chemistry Libre Texts: Rotational Profile of Ethane
Oregon State University: Energetics of Rotation in Butane
Wikipedia: Conformations of Cyclohexane
Wikipedia: Newman Projection
Wikipedia: Fischer Projection
Organic Chemistry Help! Chirality w/o Chiral Center
Wikipedia: Chirality and Symmetry
Models: [1,1']-binaphthalen-2,2'-diol.LOG, dibenzo[c,g]phenanthrene.LOG
Wikipedia: Descriptors (Chemistry)
Master Organic Chemistry: Optical Purity and Enantiomeric Excess
Wikipedia: Chiral Resolution
Models for MOs: Ethene LOG and FCH; Allyl LOG and FCH; Butadiene LOG and FCH; Benzene LOG and FCH; Coronene LOG and FCH.
Models for [4+2] Discusssion: Cyclohexene (C2) LOG; Cyclohexene (Cs) w/ localized MOs LOG and FCH.
Wikipedia: Woodward-Hoffman Rules
Models for [2+2] Discusssion: Cyclobutane LOG; Cyclobutane in D4h LOG. FCH files for cyclobutane in D4h LCAO and NLMOs.
Models for Discussions of Photochemical Reactions: Ethene Triplet LOG and FCH; Planar cis-Butadiene LOG and FCH; Planar cis-Butadiene Triplet LOG and FCH;
Models for Carbene, CH2. Closed Shell: LOG and FCH; OST: LOG and FCH; OSS: LOG and FCH.
Models for Dichlorocarbene, CCl2. Closed Shell: LOG and FCH; OST: LOG and FCH; OSS: LOG and FCH.
Models for Arduengo Carbene. Closed Shell: LOG and FCH.
Models for Polarity: Propanal: LOG and FCH; Propenal: LOG and FCH.

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Scientific Articles
Disconnect by the Numbers - A Beginner’s Guide to Synthesis, Michael B. Smith, J. Chem. Educ., 1990, 67, 848-856. (PDF, handout)

Information Sources for Organic Chemistry, 1, Arleen N. Somerville, J. Chem. Educ., 1991, 68, 553-561. (PDF)

Enantiomeric Resolution of (±)-Mandelic Acid by (1R,2S)-(–)-Ephedrine, Marsha R. Baar and Andrea L. Cerrone-Szakal1, J. Chem. Educ. 2005, 82, 1040-1042. (PDF)

Nuclear magnetic resonance determination of enantiomeric composition and absolute configuration of .gamma.-lactones using chiral 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(9-anthryl)ethanol William H. Pirkle, David L. Sikkenga, and Mark S. Pavlin J. Org. Chem. 1977, 42, 2, 384–387. (PDF)

Shift Reagents in NMR Spectroscopy Reinhard von Ammon and R. Dieter Fischer Angew. Chem. Internat. Edit. 1972, 11, 675-692. (PDF)