Useful links

General resources

Chemicalize – A handy site for helping with naming molecules, as well as other structure-based property predictions.

Chemistry by Design – A great website where you can practise organic chemistry problem solving, through over 1,600 total syntheses!

Chemistry handouts – A series of useful and informative handouts on a variety of topics in organic chemistry, free of charge, courtesy of the Myers group (Harvard).

Common transformations – A handy list of basic common chemical transformations.

Errors in product yields and stereoisomer ratios – An interesting paper discussing the practical limits and associated errors in reporting product yields and ratios of stereoisomers (dr, ee).

Not Voodoo X – A nice compilation of lots of tips, tricks, and trouble-shooting techniques for common (and not so common) situations in the lab.

Organic Chemistry Portal – A source of plentiful information on many topics and reactions in organic chemistry.

pKa Values – An exhaustive list of pKa values for just about every functional group!

SynArchive – A great website where you can browse lots of different total syntheses, named reactions, protecting groups, and so on.

Whitesides’ advice for writing a paper – A really useful resource by George Whitesides on how to go about writing a scientific paper from scratch.