Chemistry Tutorials & Drills

Chemistry Drills

These Chemistry Drill pages are designed for AP, IB, A-Level & 1st year university students trying to get to grips with the subject. Drill (quiz) topics currently include: Recognition of atoms, ions, salts, simple organic functional groups, molecular shapes, organic nomenclature, balancing chemical reaction equations, elucidation of organic molecular structures using spectroscopy and stereochemistry.

Types of Chemistry Drill	The Drills	Tutorials
Atoms, Ions, Acids & Salts:	• Give the Symbol, Formula or Name
Organic Functional Groups:	• Common FGs • FGs in Small Molecules	FGs
Name Organic Compounds:	• Common Hydrocarbons • Branched Hydrocarbons (IUPAC) • Simple Organic Molecules
Chemical Reactions:	• Predict the Reactant or Product
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion: VSEPR Shape/Geometry of Atomic Centres	• Shape or Geometry: Generics • Shape of Geometry: Real Species • Bond Angles • AXE structure: Generics • AXE structure: Real Species	VSEPR
Balance Chemical Equations:	• Easy • Intermediate • Expert • GCE A-Level AS • GCE A-Level A2	Balancing Eqns
NMR, IR & MS Spectroscopy Tutorial & Problems by J. Philip Bays Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN	• Infrared Tutorial • Infrared Problems • IR & NMR Problems • Combined Spectral Problems
Organic Structure Elucidation Workbook by Dr Structure	• NMR + IR + MS: 64 Problems
Organic Stereochemistry Problems by J. Philip Bays Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN	• Absolute Configuration: 3D • Absolute Configuration: Fischer • Compare Fischer Projections • Compare 3D Drawings • Compare 3D & Fischer • Compounds with 2 Chiral Centers • Disubstituted Cyclohexane I • Disubstituted Cyclohexane II • Dichlorocyclohexanes • Bromochlorocyclohexanes
Spectral Zoo by Jennifer L. Muzyka	• 77 NMR + IR Problems

This meta-synthesis web site is strongly linked to The Chemical Thesaurus reaction chemistry database and the Chemogenesis web book. Send any feedback or comments to Mark R. Leach. Thanks go to The Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre for funding the development of this web site in 2005-6.

Many thanks to Philip Bays of Saint Mary's College and Bradly D. Smith of the University of Notre Dame for allowing us to add links to their excellent drill sites from this page.