Winter 2026 CHE 118A Workshop: TR 12:10-1:50 pm (Starts Thursday, January 8)
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Starts Thursday, January 8, 2026
Tuesday and Thursday 12:10-1:50 pm
Starts Tuesday, January 6
Monday through Friday various times:
Please contact me in advance at enlamsen@ucdavis.edu to share what you would like to cover, especially if you have a lot of questions!
Starts Thursday, January 8
Please contact me in advance at enlamsen@ucdavis.edu to share what you would like to cover, especially if you have a lot of questions!
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If you come across any websites or videos that you find helpful and would like to share these resources with other students, you are welcome to email me with those links. I will post them on the bottom of this page. Thank you!
AH118ARXNS.pdf118A Gen Rxn Mech - AHernandez.pdf118 Help Sheet - Priorities and pKas of Functional Groups (Updated 20180405).pdfPeriodic Table.pdf118 Help Sheet - pKas BLANK (Updated 20210715).pdf118A Review MJ.pdfW23118AW01 Drawing Structures.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 1 Outline - Drawing Structures.pdfStudy Tips and More.pdfPeriodic Table.pdfW23118AW02 Resonance.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 2 Outline - Resonance.pdf118A Drawing Resonance Structures AH.pdf118 Drawing Resonance Structures and Pushing Arrows.pdfW23118AW03 Hybridization.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 3 Outline - Hybridization.pdfW23118AW04 Nomenclature.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 4 Outline - Nomenclature.pdf118 Help Sheet - Priorities and pKas of Functional Groups (Updated 20180405).pdfW23118AW05 Newman Acidity.pdfCHE 118A Workshop 5 Newman Projection Example.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 5 Outline - Newman Projections and Acidity.pdf118 Help Sheet - Priorities and pKas of Functional Groups (Updated 20180405).pdf118 Help Sheet - pKas BLANK (Updated 20210715).pdfW23118AW06 Radical Halogenation.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 6 Outline - Radical Halogenation.pdfW23118AW07 Cycloalkanes.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 7 Outline - Cycloalkanes.pdfW23118AW08 Stereoisomers 1.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 8 Outline - Stereoisomers 1.pdfMore videos about assigning R/S can be found on the following website: https://leah4sci.com/chirality-stereochemistry-enantiomers-diastereomers-r-s-organic-chemistry-tutorial-series/
W23118AW09 Stereoisomers 2.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 9 Outline - Stereoisomers 2.pdfThese three videos will help you out with the following Ch. 5 Problems:
#50, #60, and Solved Exercise 5-7: specific rotation and enantiomeric excess (Section 5-2)
#56: chiral resolution (Section 5-8)
118 Drawing Fischer Projections (Updated 20180717).pdfW23118AW10 Sub and Elim 1.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 10 Outline - Nuc Sub and Elim 1.pdfCHE 118A Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination of Haloalkanes - Summary.pdfW23118AW11 Sub and Elim 2.pdf .pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 11 Outline - Nuc Sub and Elim 2.pdfCHE 118A Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination of Haloalkanes - Summary.pdfW23118AW12 Sub and Elim 3.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 12 Outline - Nuc Sub and Elim 3.pdfCHE 118A Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination of Haloalkanes - Summary.pdf118A Predict SN1 SN2 E1 E2 Mechanisms.pdf118A Predict SN1 SN2 E1 E2 Mechanisms BLANK.pdfW23118AW13 Alcohols 1.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 13 Outline - Alcohols 1.pdfThe video shows the mechanisms for ester hydrolysis in acidic and basic conditions. This is a 118C reaction (Chapter 20).
W23118AW14 Alcohols 2.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 14 Outline - Alcohols 2.pdfW23118AW15 Alcohols 3.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 15 Outline - Alcohols 3.pdfW23118AW16 Alcohols 4.pdfF24 CHE 118A Workshop 16 Outline - Alcohols 4.pdfW23118AW17 Ethers 1.pdfW23118AW18 Ethers 2.pdfVideo explanation of CHE 118A Worksheet 18 Bonus Spec D
(Sarkis B.: CHE 118 Head Tutor)
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Mariya's Google Site: https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/jones
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Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry (UCLA): https://www.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/IGOC/IGOC.html
Eric the Tutor YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz0Hx0Bi7b33NMEuWRc2XMg/playlists
Getting Started with Remote Learning: https://keepteaching.ucdavis.edu/student-resources
Success Coaching and Learning Strategies Resources: https://opportunity.ucdavis.edu/services/scls/resources
Healthy UC Davis: https://healthy.ucdavis.e
Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center: https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu
Metacognition: The Key to Acing Chemistry by Dr. McGuire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGBfd7LeGMM
Recommended reading: Teach Yourself How to Learn (Dr. Saundra Mcguire)
CAS Semester Tookkit (LSU): https://lsu.edu/cas/earnbettergrades/tipsandtools/semestertoolkit.php
Recommended reading: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Brown, Roediger, McDaniel)
Recommended reading: Organic Chemistry as a Second Language (David Klein)
Study and Exam Tips: https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/study-and-exam-tips/
Michael Evans Organic Chemistry YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelEvans86 (CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 Playlists)
The Organic Chemistry Tutor videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOrganicChemistryTutor/
MIT Courseware - Principles of Chemical Science (Prof. Drennan): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/5-111sc-principles-of-chemical-science-fall-2014/pages/syllabus/
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