Lecture Sites

Examples of Organic Compounds

  1. Zocor

Periodic Tables

  1. The Periodic Table of Videos
  2. Periodic Table with Masses

Orbitals/Bonding

  1. s-Orbitals
  2. p-Orbitals
  3. Methane tetrahedral structure
  4. more depictions of methane
  5. H2 molecular orbital diagram
  6. Orbitron- University of Sheffield

Nomenclature/Structure-Drawing/Conformations

  1. Dr. Ian Hunt's Nomenclature Tutorial
  2. IUPAC Nomenclature
  3. Another IUPAC Nomenclature Site
  4. Line-Angle Drawing Practice
  5. Conformational analysis of ethane
  6. Cyclohexane chair conformation
  7. Cyclohexane chair (another representation)
  8. Cyclohexane chair (one more)

Hydrocarbon Sources

  1. Fossil Fuel Origins
  2. Fractional Distillation of Petroleum

Alkene Topics

  1. Linoleic Acid (an unsaturated fatty acid)
  2. Ethylene (ethene) bonding
  3. Vision and cis-trans isomerism 1
  4. Vision and cis-trans isomerism 2

Polymers

  1. Recycling Symbols for Polymers

Alkynes

  1. sp1 Orbitals
  2. Acetylene (ethyne) bonds

A Few Biomolecules

  1. Glucose
  2. Amino Acids
  3. Disulfide bond in Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor (a protein)
  4. More disulfide bond examples

Clinical Chemistry/Qualitative Analysis

  1. Diabetes Test Kits
  2. Tollen's Reagent/Silver-Mirror Test
  3. Benedict's Test

Soap

  1. Short History of Soap Making
  2. Surface Tension and Soap Bubbles (CalState-Stanislaus)
  3. 3D Depictions of Soaps and Micelles

pH and Acidity

  1. pH Paper (University of WI)
  2. pH Indicators
  3. pH Meter with a Glass Electrode

Amine Topics

  1. Image of a Neuron
  2. Neuron/Synapse Cartoon
  3. Alkaloids

Chirality

  1. Chiral objects
  2. Achiral objects
  3. Mirror-image molecules
  4. Polarized light
  5. Polarimeter
  6. Polarized Light
  7. Chiral Drugs

Carbohydrates

  1. Glucose
  2. Amylose
  3. D-Aldoses
  4. D-Ketoses
  5. Glycogen
  6. Cell Walls and Cellulose 1
  7. Cell Walls and Cellulose 2
  8. Carbohydrates on Cell Surfaces

Lipids

  1. Fatty Acid Example
  2. Fatty Acid Composition of Fats
  3. Lipid Bilayer and Micelle
  4. Steroids
  5. An Artificial Steroid
  6. Cell Membrane
  7. Cell Membrane (another view)
  8. Glycolipids
  9. Glycolipids and Blood Type

Amino Acids and Proteins

  1. Amino Acids and Peptide Bonds
  2. Amino Acids
  3. Line-Angle Drawing of a Protein
  4. Ribbon Drawing of the Same Protein
  5. Protein Image Gallery
  6. Another Gallery, with Animations
  7. Alpha Helix
  8. Beta Sheet
  9. Hemoglobin (quaternary structure example)
  10. Collagen (Fibrous)
  11. Cycloxygenase (Globular)
  12. Heme Group
  13. Myoglobin and Heme (Conjugate Protein)

Enzymes

  1. Enzyme Movie
  2. Chymotrypsin cartoon drawing
  3. Chymotrypsin active site
  4. Chymotrypsin-catalyzed protein hydrolysis
  5. Enzyme Specificity (Lock and Key)
  6. Enzyme Inhibitors
  7. Vitamins and Coenzymes

Nucleic Acids

  1. DNA/RNA Base Pairs
  2. DNA Double Helix
  3. DNA Double Helix (Another View)
  4. DNA Double Helix (Rotating)
  5. DNA and Chromatin
  6. Transcription and Translation
  7. T7 RNA Polymerase
  8. tRNA Synthetase
  9. Codon Table
  10. H1N1 Swine Flu Virus
  11. Influenza Virus (Cartoon)
  12. Virus Replication
  13. Viral Hemagglutinin
  14. Viral Neuraminidase