Selected Resources for: Chemistry, Organic
 | Subject Librarian: Meghan Lafferty E-Mail: mlaffert@umn.edu Subject Description:Organic chemistry is concerned with carbon compounds. There may be important information sources on related pages (for example, pricing information and safety sources are under chemistry, general, and many spectra resources are under chemistry, analytical). You may also want to consult related pages such as biochemistry and biophysics, chemistry, physical; and chemistry, polymers. |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesDiscoveryGate  DiscoveryGate includes Beilstein (physical property and reaction data for more than 10 million organic compounds) and Gmelin (similar types of information for over 2.2 million inorganic and organometallic compounds); PC users will need to download a piece of software to use DiscoveryGate and all users may need to make an exception for blocked pop-up windows. The only browsers supported are Internet Explorer and Safari. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
SciFinder Scholar  SciFinder Scholar is the best database for chemistry-related topics; Access it online, download software to use it on your home or office computer, access it from public computers in Walter, BioMedical, or Magrath Libraries by clicking on the SciFinder desktop icon (note: access contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff). SciFinder Scholar includes journal and patent literature with references as far back as 1907 as well as information on chemical regulatory data, suppliers, reactions, and substances. You will need to download and log in to VPN before you can access SciFinder from off-campus. Non-affiliates should see this guide for options. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Web of Science (ISI) The Web of Science is the Web interface for institutional sitewide access to the Science Citation Index. A citation index compiles cited references from journal articles and allows you to find articles that have cited older papers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Chemical Compounds| Dictionary of Natural Products Database of 170,000 natural products. Includes synonyms, formulae, structures, CAS RNs, source data, uses & applications, physical properties & literature citations. Classification scheme groups compounds that are biogenetically related. Substructure searchable with plug-in. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dictionary of Organic Compounds Covers over 220,000 important compounds. Provides name, synonyms, structure, some physical properties, CAS RN and some literature references. Substructure searchable, with plug-in. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Names, Synonyms, and Structures of Organic Compounds A 3-volume set with names, synonyms, molecular formulas, and CAS RNs for 27,500 important organic compounds. Gives 135,000 synonyms and 20,000 chemical structures. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Online Allows alphanumeric searches through e-EROS and across all Wiley products, and by allowing chemical structure, substructure and reaction searching straight from a chemist's desktop. Contains a database of around 70,000 reactions and around 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents and is fully searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions etc. and allows sophisticated full text searches. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Works
| Science of Synthesis Science of Synthesis is an electronic version of the reference work by the same name; it also provides access to Houben-Weyl (Methods of Organic Chemistry) which includes references back to 1835; requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, and pop-up blockers should be disabled. Science of Synthesis covers both organic and organometallic synthetic methods. The methods are evaluated and include full experimental details. The content is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| Handbook of Organic Chemistry A European-style textbook (guide, summary, reference), organized by compound type; great for review. Covers aliphatic and alicyclic compounds, carbohydrates, benzene derivatives, isoprenoids, heterocycles, amino acids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and enzymes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Organic Reactions
| Comprehensive Organic Transformations One-volume collection of synthetic methodology, including tens of thousands of reactions and synthetic transformations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Organic Synthesis
| Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods An ongoing set listing functional group transformations for synthesis. Organized into chapters by initial and final functional group. Gives very little description, but does give literature references. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations A 7-volume set treating organic synthesis in terms of functional groups and methods for their construction and conversion. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis An 8-volume set describing the use of reagents in organic chemistry, providing comparisons of similar reagents, pro-and-con assessment of each, and subject and molecular formula indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis Ongoing series reporting new reagents and new reagent uses. Arranged alphabetically by reagent. Entries give name of product, reaction scheme, literature reference. There's a cumulative index for Vols. 1-12. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis Lists name reactions, with general scheme, mechanism and examples; and name reagents, with uses, preparations, precautions and examples. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Organic Reactions An ongoing set giving history and details of important organic reactions. Each chapter has tables listing all known examples of one reaction. Also gives limitations, interfering influences, structural effects, and experimental techniques. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Organic Syntheses An ongoing set giving detailed synthetic methods. Procedures are independently checked & safety warnings given if warranted. More recent volumes tend to describe preparation of compound classes. Freely available online as well; requires a plug-in. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Theilheimer's Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry
An ongoing collection of organic synthetic methods. Gives brief information on reagents, reaction scheme & details, and references. Cumulative indexes every 5 volumes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Physical Property Data
| Handbook of Organic Solvents Presents data on over 500 organic solvents. Includes health and safety data; optical, thermodynamic and electrochemical properties; solubility; density; viscosity; surface tension. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Handbook of Physical Properties of Organic Chemicals Provides structure & properties of 13,000 environmentally important chemicals. Includes melting & boiling points, solubility, octanol/water partition coefficient, vapor pressure, dissociation & Henry's law constants. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons A multi-volume series, with hydrocarbon data for physical properties, vapor pressure, various enthalpies, liquid density, surface tension, heat capacity, viscosity, thermal conductivity, and Gibb's free energy of formation, among others. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Properties of Organic Compounds Substructure-searchable database (with plug-in) that includes physical & spectral data and structures for more than 29,000 commonly-used organic compounds. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, General
| Raman/Infrared Atlas of Organic Compounds Gives Raman and IR spectra plotted on the same wavenumber scale for 1044 representative organic compounds. Includes introductory text and indexes to substance classes and names, molecular formulas, and CAS Registry Numbers. Try this before Sadtler. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SDBS: Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds Online database of over 30,000 organic compounds. Gives EI mass, 1H decoupled 13C NMR, 1H NMR pattern (90 and/or 400 MHz), 1H NMR parameter (300 MHz pattern generated), FT-IR, laser-Raman, and ESR spectra, although not for all compounds. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, Infrared
| Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra A 3-volume set with over 18,500 spectra placed in order of chemical class and structural complexity. Includes chemical name, Wiswesser notation, melting point, and boiling point. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Evaluated Infrared Reference Spectra 25 volumes covering some 10,000 compounds, with cumulative alphabetical, chemical class, molecular formula and numerical indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| FT-NIR Atlas A single volume arranged by molecular formula, this has 3500 NIR spectra for 1900 common organic compounds, and indexes for name, CAS Registry Number, and formula. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Merck FT-IR Atlas Over 3,000 Fourier transform-IR spectra of pure substances, arranged by molecular formula. Has formula, name and registry number indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Sadtler Infrared Spectra A set of 29,000 prism spectra. Indexed by the Sadtler comprehensive indexes (which cover all the large Sadtler sets) by: name, molecular formula & weight, chemical class. Also has a SpecFinder Index to micron bands in sequence for unknown identification. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Standard Infrared Grating Spectra (Sadtler) 123 volumes with 91,000 grating spectra. Indexed by the Sadtler comprehensive indexes (which cover all the large Sadtler sets) by: name, molecular formula & weight, chemical class. Also has a SpecFinder Index to micron bands in sequence for unknown identification. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, Mass
| Wiley/NBS Registry of Mass Spectral Data A 7-volume set of mass spectra for over 112,275 compounds, with structures for 89,903; arrangement is by molecular weight, with CAS RN, formula, and chemical name indexes in volume 7. A peak index was published separately. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
| Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra A 3-volume set arranged by chemical class, containing proton and 13C NMR spectra for nearly 12,000 compounds. Gives name, limited physical properties, and structures as well. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra 2-volume set covering over 37,000 compounds, arranged by chemical class, with alphabetical and molecular formula indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra (Sadtler) A set of 64,000 proton NMR spectra, not arranged by chemical class. Indexed by the Sadtler comprehensive indexes (which cover all the large Sadtler sets) by: name, molecular formula & weight, chemical class. Try Aldrich first. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, Raman
| Standard Raman Spectra (Sadtler) A set of 4400 Raman spectra, indexed by name, chemical class, molecular formula. There is also a Spec-finder for identification of unknowns. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Spectra, Ultraviolet & Visible
| Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region A 24-volume set of spectrographs, with cumulative name and formula indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Sadtler Ultra Violet Spectra A set of over 48,000 UV spectra, indexed by the Sadtler comprehensive indexes (which cover all the large Sadtler sets) by: name, molecular formula & weight, chemical class. Includes UV Spectra Locator to millimicron bands in sequence for unknown identification. Try one of the smaller sets first. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| UV-VIS Atlas of Organic Compounds A 2-volume set of 1,175 evaluated UV-VIS spectra of organic compounds. Includes solvents, indexes (unsaturation values, substance names and classes, formulas, etc.) and supplementary texts on individual substance classes by experts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Treatises
| Chemistry of Functional Groups Large series of many volumes and supplements. Each volume treats a functional group, with chapters covering general and theoretical aspects; formation, characterization, reactions, transformations, special topics. Gives literature references. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds An ongoing set of many volumes and supplements. Each volume covers a class of heterocycles. Reviews synthesis, reactions, properties, structures, and applications of compounds, with references to original literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry An 8-volume set on heterocyclic chemistry, summarizing the literature through 1983. Provides reviews of synthesis, reactions, & uses, especially in organic synthesis. Notes over 42,000 reactions and 62,100 compounds, with references to the original literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Comprehensive Organic Chemistry 6-volume set, meant to cover the synthesis & reactions of organic compounds. Great background source. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Comprehensive Organic Synthesis 9-volume set subtitled "Selectivity, strategy & efficiency in modern organic chemistry." Deals with the development of effective routes to known materials and synthesis of new materials. Volumes 1-5 focus on carbon-carbon bond formation; 6-8 on interconversion of heteroatoms. Volume 9 contains indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds 4 original volumes, each with many supplements. Arranged by compound class: aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic & heterocyclic. Supplements are further divided. Reviews compound classes & synthetic methods, gives literature references and some experimental details. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Data Resources| Beilstein/Gmelin (CrossFire) CrossFire includes Beilstein (physical property and reaction data for more than 10 million organic compounds) and Gmelin (similar types of information for over 2.2 million inorganic and organometallic compounds); you must download special software (available to U of M affiliates at the above URL) to access the database from outside the Science and Engineering Library. Those with a new Mac with an Intel processor will not be able to download the Mac version of CrossFire. If you can run Windows on your Intel Mac (using Parallels or Microsoft Bootcamp), you have the option of downloading and using the PC version of CrossFire Commander. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds Known as HODOC, an 11-volume set covering 30,000 compounds. Entries for compounds list frequently-used physical data: boiling and melting points, density, refractive index, optical rotatory power, solubility, crystal properties, molecular weight, chemical and spectral data. There are molecular formula, synonym, CAS RN indexes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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