Resources

Group Instrumentation:

Shimadzu Nexera Gel Permeation Chromatograph with Refractive Index Detector and Fraction Collector (2022)

Inert PureSolv Multi Micro Unit (4 L kegs): Tetrahydrofuran, Toluene, Hexanes, Dichloromethane (2021)

Vacuum Atmospheres Company NexGen Double Glovebox (2020)

Departmental Facilities (available for walk-up use with training):

Bruker Avance III 400 MHz; Cary 100Bio UV-visible spectrophotometer; Horiba Jobin-Yvon Fluorolog-3 Fluorometer (equipped with flash lamp for phosphorimetry, InGaAs detector for NIR measurements, and GMP Integration Sphere for quantum yield measurements); Edinburgh Instruments FS5 Spectrofluorometer with 375 nm picosecond laser; Matilda (the OU high-performance computing cluster); and other assorted instrumentation

Keeping current with the literature, as well as having a means to organize papers is important. A bonus is being able to do this in a cost effective manner. The following are free (therefore not ideal, but are generally acceptable) and it is recommended you determine what best fits your needs, then get started.

Tracking current literature:

LuckNews or NetNewsWire (Mac), but there are plenty of other options in the AppStore

RSSOwl (Windows)

Organizing references:

Zotero

Mendeley

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is useful, but they recent put together a website that has an immense amount of information, Data Organic Chemistry

Interactive Periodic Table

Bordwell pKa Table (or Evans pKa Table for downloading)

Intpreting NMRs can be difficult. The best way to resolve that is to practice! What better way than to have access to real samples? NMR Challenge, hosted by IOCB Prague, is an excellent tool for practice

Review detailing Hammett Constants

NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities (Previous list; less solvent variety)

BindFit

Spectral Database for Organic Compounds

NMR Peaks

ChemRxiv