Does anyone know of a guide (online or in text) that describes organic chemistry nomenclature and reactions?

Or any comprehensive guides on acids/bases?

Thanks :-D

PS. And does anyone know anything about(or of any guides) of "CAS" numbers describing chemicals?

[This message has been edited by BorisB73 (edited 12-04-2003).]

Go to the library and look in the chemistry section.

It's So Easy. www.google.com (http://www.google.com) Be creative with wording and use quotation marks.

I've found that I can basically take a university chemistry class for the price of the book because of online classes at some universities.

yeah Boris ..ok if you are serious about nomenclature and reaction mechanisms then go to a university and ask them which text they are using for their first year organic chemistry, or sus out there library .. but if you don't want to photocopy the whole thing then just buy one ..it wont be cheap ..

Acids and bases ..depends what you want to know .. might as well just go get an inorganic first year uni text as well.

If you are serious about learning some good basic chem with the least amount of fucking around then in my opinion this is your best

option.

If you don't want to fork out too much cash //...go to the uni's bookshop at the and ask when there will be a second hand book sale .. or where they are advertised.

You will be able to pick them up much cheaper..

I think the start of first semester is probably the best time for this..

If not then keep poking around online ..

Dude, I have two chem books that were in the $80-100 range, which I got for $5 apiece. I still don't understand everything in them, but at least now I can half-ass follow what Tryp is saying when he speaks chem-ese.

I've taken two years of chemistry and last year bought the Zumdahl textbook and used it. So, I have a very well-rounded knowledge of fundamental chemistry - but not enough knowledge on applied (eg. reacting, making desired substances and what not).

Thanks for the advice, I guess I'll be looking at college bookstores

I know there are a shitload of lab manuals in most college or university libraries, and many scientific journals in the periodicals section. If you're looking for hands on experience, i'd look into these.

Swim don't need no stinking chemistry experience! Just give him a fish tank; a 2-liter pop bottle; some coal; some gunblue; a few orange peels; a nylon backpack; some cold pills; and swim turns into SuperSynther! Yeehaw!

If you go to Rhodium's www.rhodium.ws (http://www.rhodium.ws)

And look through the Misc. section, as well as the Equipment and Technique section, you can learn quite bit. It's a lot of reading though.

Here are some examples:

Basic Ogan. Chem. Skills

http://www.wfu.edu/~kingsb/Chem221Lab/skills/skills.htm

Visual Organic CHem lab

http://www.4chemistry.org/

Organic Synthesis

http://www.orgsyn.org/

Vogels Guide to Practical Organic Chemistry

(The best link, all the basics on procdeures and concepts of organic chemistry)

http://www.rhodium.ws/djvu/vogel/vogel.3rd.djvu

The Organic Chemistry Lab Survival Manual (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471387320/qid=996507700/sr=2-1/) by James W. Zubrick



[This message has been edited by phender (edited 12-07-2003).]

i am a chemistry student and the name of my organic book is "Organic Chemistry" it is the fifth edition and is by Carey. published by McGraw Hill. it is very useful and i'm sure if your looking for a good college book this is it. i'm also sure you can find other ones but because i have no experience with them this is all i could recommend. good luck.

you might find a "Merck index" useful

---Green

quote:Originally posted by kman:

Swim don't need no stinking chemistry experience! Just give him a fish tank; a 2-liter pop bottle; some coal; some gunblue; a few orange peels; a nylon backpack; some cold pills; and swim turns into SuperSynther! Yeehaw!

LOL

There you have it the proven version. Way to go kman. Keep up the good work, I love it.

Princess