Useful Resources
Lab Techniques and Safety
- Methods for Drying Solvents
- Schlenk Line Technques from Dr. Andryj Borys
- The Schlenk Line Survival Guide by Dr. Andryj Borys
- Base Bath Preparation from Harvard University
- EPR Sample Preparation from Dr. Paul Oyala
- NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities
- Crystal Growing Tips and Methods by Dr. Brian Manor and Dr. Patrick Carroll
- General Glove Box Operating Instructions
- Purification of Laboratory Chemicals
Theory, Databases, and Background Reading
- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center
- Organometallic Chemistry Tutorials by Dr. Robert Toreki
- Character Tables for Group Theory
- Tables for Group Theory by Professor Peter Atkins
- Point-Group Theory Tables by Professors Simon Altmann and Peter Herzig
- Wired Chemist Database
- ChemSynthesis Database
- Organic Syntheses Database
- Properties of Typical Solvents
- pKa Values from University of Tartu
- Organic Chemistry Data and Info
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
- Introductory Guide to ORCA Computations
- Gutmann Acceptor and Donor Numbers
- NIST
- The Materials Project
- Inorganic Synthesis Volumes 1-34
- Introduction to X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy by Professor James Penner-Hahn
- AIST Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
- XAFS for Everyone
- Fundamentals of XAFS by Professor Matthew Newville
- Chemistry 117: Electrochemistry by Professors Andrew Bocarsly and Nate Lewis
- Advanced Electrochemistry by Professors Shannon Boettcher and Mark Lonergan and Fuel Cell Electrochemistry
- A Practical Beginner's Guide to Cyclic Voltammetry
- Evaluation of Homogeneous Electrocatalysts by Cyclic Voltammetry