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KC Russell
Department of Chemistry
Nothern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY
41099 - 1905


e-mail: russellk@nku.edu
Office: SC 350

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CHE 311 Handouts

Chapter 10
Overheads Chapter 10 - Mass spectrometry ppt
Chapter 10 - Infrared spectroscopy ppt
Chapter 10 - UV-Vis spectroscopy ppt
Handout Mass Spec examples
Tutorials IR: Mass - Spring vibration demo - interactive
Problems Mass Spec & IR
Humor IR vibrational mode movie - The Athletic Chemist

Chapter 11
Overheads Chapter 11 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Interpreting NMR Spectra Step by Step - word
Tutorials Web Spectra - link (UCLA)
Problems 13C NMR chemical shift and equialence - pdf
13C NMR match sturcture with spectra - pdf
1H NMR problems 1&2 | 3&4 | 5&6 | 7&8 | 9-12 - pdf
Humor  
Misc Audible NMR - link

Chapter 12
Overheads Chapter 12 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt (updated June 4, 2015)
Handout

Substitution and elimination mechanism overview- pdf
Substitution and elimination summary table (blank)- pdf
Leaving groups and pKas - pdf
Thionyl choride mechanism- pdf
Tosylate mechanism- pdf

Tutorials University of Liverpool:
SN2 - jmol | SN1 - jmol | E2 - jmol | E1 - jmol
Problems Extra problems: #1
Humor  

Chapter 13
Overheads Chapter 13 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Relative oxidation states in organic compounds - pdf
Tutorials The Burgi-Dunitz angle - jsmol
Problems Chapter 13 problem set - pdf
Chapter 13 synthesis, acidity & predict product - pdf (updated 2/19/16)
Humor  

Chapter 14
Overheads Chapter 14 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Acetal formation/hydrolysis mechanisms (no arrows) - pdf
Imine formation/hydrolysis mechanisms (no arrows) - pdf
Enamine formation/hydrolysis mechanisms (no arrows) - pdf
Wolff-Kirshner mechanism (no arrows) - pdf
The Wittig Reaction - pdf
Tutorials  
Problems

Chapter 14 problem set - pdf
Chapter 14 reaction wheel- pdf

Humor  

Chapter 15
Overheads Chapter 15 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems Chapter 15 problem set - pdf
Chapter 15 synthesis problems - pdf
Humor  

Chapter 16
Overheads Chapter 16 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout The 20 Proteinogeic Amino Acids html
Exam #3 reaction summary pdf | without products pdf
Tutorials  
Problems Chapter 16 problem set - pdf
Chapter 16 additional synthesis problems pdf
Humor  

Chapter 17
Overheads Chapter 17 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Chapter 17 - Heather's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems  
Humor  

Chapter 18
Overheads Chapter 18 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems  
Humor  

Chapter 19
Overheads Chapter 19 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems  
Humor  



miscellaneous
  • Communicating with your professor - pdf

 


CHE 310 Handouts

Chapter 9
Overheads Chapter 9: Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems  
Humor  

Chapter 8
Overheads Chapter 8 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Relative oxidation states in organic compounds - pdf
Tutorials Diels-Alder Reaction NKU - jmol; Liverpool - jmol
Reaction Zoo - link
Problems Diels-Alder - 1, 2 - pdf
Humor  

Chapter 7
Overheads Chapter 7 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout


Tutorials Carbocation Hyperconjugation - jmol
Problems Alkene Reactions - pdf
Humor  

Chapter 6
Overheads Chapter 6 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout  
Tutorials  
Problems Pushing arrows practice - pdf
Humor  

Chapter 5
Overheads Chapter 5 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Classification of isomers - pdf
Tutorials The Chirality Game - link (Nobel web site)
Introduction to chirality - jmol
Problems

Chapter 14 problem set - pdf
Chapter 14 reaction wheel- pdf

Humor Meso - music video (you will like this)

Chapter 11
Overheads Chapter 11 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Interpreting NMR Spectra Step by Step - word
Tutorials Web Spectra - link (UCLA)
Problems 13C NMR chemical shift and equialence - pdf
13C NMR match sturcture with spectra - pdf
1H NMR problems 1&2 | 3&4 | 5&6 | 7&8 | 9-12 - pdf
Humor  
Misc Audible NMR - link

Chapter 4
Overheads Chapter 4 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Classification of isomers - pdf
Tutorials

cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane - jmol
Cybermodels - jmol (FSU, NKU)

Problems Conformation practice - pdf
Humor  

Chapter 3
Overheads Chapter 3 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Functional groups to know and love - pdf | word
Nomenclature (*useful for lecture)
*Format for IUPAC Names, Alkyl and Multiple substituents - pdf
*IUPAC Guidlines and Problem Solving Template - pdf
*Nomenclature of Cyclic Alkanes and Alkenes - pdf
*Nomenclature of Molecules with Functional Groups - pdf
*Nomenclature of Functional Groups on or within Cyclic Systems - pdf
Tutorials Examples of Alkane & Alkene Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Carboxylic Acid Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Aldehyde Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Ketone Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Alcohol Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Alkanes & Alkenes with Halogens Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Ether Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Ester Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Amine Nomenclature - pdf
Examples of Amide Nomenclature - pdf
Problems Isomer nomenclature and practice - pdf
Humor  
Misc  

Chapter 2
Overheads Chapter 2 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout pKas short list - pdf || all inclusive pKa list - pdf
Derivation of The Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation - pdf
Rules of resonance - pdf
Tutorials Solving Resonance Problems - pdf
Problems Formal Charge Practice - pdf
Resonance Practice - pdf
Acid Base Practice - pdf
Humor  
Misc  

Chapter 1
Overheads Chapter 1 - Dr. R's powerpoint slides - ppt
Handout Hybridization pdf | powerpoint | gif
Tutorials Atomic Orbitals University of Duluth
Hybridization Flash
Hybrid orbitals (jmol; University of Wisconsin)
Bonding using hybrid orbitals (jmol; University of Liverpool)
methane || ethylene || acetylene || allene
Problems Hybridization Practice pdf
Drawing Structures Practice pdf
Humor  
Misc  

 

 

 

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