Organic Chemistry I
Textbook: “Organic Chemistry, 3rd edition” by David Klein.
CHEM 8A Worksheets – Great for CHEM 8B Review!
- Find all of Caitlin’s 8A Worksheets by Chapter in the Klein text here
- Note: many of the worksheets utilize the ModelAR and Mechanisms mobile apps – links to download below
- Not sure where to start? Take a look at the practice exams below to get a better idea on what content you need to review & practice.
- Still not sure? Ask Caitlin! cambinde@ucsc.edu
CHEM 8A Practice Exams
8A Final Exam Topics and Alkyl Halide Reaction Starburst
- CHEM 8A Practice Midterm Exam F19
- CHEM 8A Practice Midterm F18
- CHEM 8A Practice Midterm F18 Key
- Exam 1 Solution Videos – CB talks thru solutions!
- Exam 2 Solution Videos – CB talks thru solutions!
- CHEM 8A – Exam 2A – F19
CHEM 8A Lectures
FREE Apps for Learning & Playing with OCHEM
- ModelAR – 3D Molecular modeling app – very cool – build something from your medicine cabinet!
- Mechanisms – interactive electron-pushing – resonance structures and common organic mechanisms
- Chirality-2 (mac) (android) – Games with FUNdamentals like FUNctional groups, classification, chiral centers, intermolecular forces, and more!
- Chairs (mac) (android) – understanding bond angles in cyclohexane
Miscellaneous Short OCHEM Videos
- Do Not Be Afraid of Organic Chemistry!
- Hybridization
- Resonance in Benzene
- Baking Cookies
- Newman Projections
- Chair Conformations – Ring Flip
- Chirality
- Enantiomers
- EZ System
- Fatty Acid Oxidation (application of alkene rxns)
- Organometallic Reagents
Anything missing from this page or link not working? Please send me an email: cambinde@ucsc.edu