Chemistry Notes

I shall be posting here resources which will help you to understand better and in depth the concepts we study in our course.

Monday, November 21, 2005

Spectroscopy

Here you can read a comprehensive explanation of UV-Vis spectroscopy:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/analysis/uvvisiblemenu.html#top


Why are complex ions of transition metals and many organic molecules coloured? You can read on these two sites:


http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/complexions/colour.html

http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/Spectrpy/UV-Vis/spectrum.htm

Mass spectrometry is a powerful technique to determine the relative atomic masses:
http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/MassSpec.html
http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/MassSpec/masspec1.htm#ms1

Here are some videos from Royal Society of Chemistry about different spectroscopic techniques:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTIJgIh86E&feature=relmfu
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Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) used to determine low concentration of metal ions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3OFSJ8ZHog&feature=related

http://www.easychem.com.au/monitoring-and-management/manufactured-products/atomic-absorption-spectroscopy-aas

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Isomerism

You can enlarge your understanding about isomerism visiting the following site:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/isomermenu.html#top


You can exercise on optical isomerism if you follow the link:

http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/site/chemistry/topic5.asp?outline=no

http://www.wiredchemist.com/chemistry/instructional/intro_chem_geometric.html

Why is optical isomerism important for the biological systems?

http://dl.clackamas.edu/ch106-07/optical.htm

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Acids and bases

You can revise here the two theories about acids and bases:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/acideqiamenu.html#top

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Analytical methods

You can consult these sites about the three analytical methods mostly used for analysing the sample - Mass spectroscopy, IR - and NMR - spectroscopy:
http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/spectro.htm
http://orgchem.colorado.edu/hndbksupport/ochemlabtech.html

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/analysismenu.html#top

http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/spectra.htm

http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/courses/351/Carey/Ch13/ch13-0.html
Look at this site to see how a mixture of proteins is separated by Affinity chromatography:

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/genomics/method/Affinity.html

Using the HPLC chromatography:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_egMtdnL4&list=PLnu__ug2a65zD8fzKPq9uePcFGCtb3Cxl