Resources
Web Resources
- Chemistry Reference Resolver
- Symmetry Resource @ Otterbein
- Crystallography Resource @ Otterbein
- AIST Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
- VIPEr (Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource)
- Web of Science Journal Abbreviations
- Organic Chemistry Data & Info
Visualizers for Geometry and Orbitals
- Building Molecule Shapes:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/molecule-shapes - Molecular Symmetry Gallery and Practice:
https://symotter.org/ - Orbital and Molecular Visualization:
https://people.chem.ucsb.edu/laverman/leroy/GauchoSpace/visualizations.html - Orbitron – Gallery of Atomic Orbitals:
https://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/ - Chemtube3D Inorganic Structures:
https://www.chemtube3d.com/category/inorganic-chemistry/ - Chemical Education Digital Library:
http://chemdata.r.umn.edu/resources/models360/models.php
Electrochemistry & Electrocatalysis
- Electrochemical Society Digital Library — full ECS journal access
- EC-Lab Software Documentation — reference for BioLogic potentiostat methods and techniques
- DigiElch Electrochemical Simulations — digital simulation of CV/LSV/etc.
- IUPAC Recommendations on Electrochemical Nomenclature — canonical definitions
- Electrochemistry Video Lectures — UOregon
Computational Chemistry
- ORCA Forum & Documentation — invaluable for DFT/TD-DFT workflows used in coordination chemistry
- Basis Set Exchange — curated repository of all standard basis sets with direct download in program-formatted inputs
- Gaussian Basis Set Library — supplemental Gaussian-specific reference
- WebMO — browser-based GUI for ORCA, Gaussian, NWChem job preparation
Structural Databases
- Cambridge Structural Database / CCDC — essential for coordination chemistry; CCDC Mercury is also worth listing separately
- Crystallography Open Database (COD) — free, open-access alternative to CCDC for known crystal structures
- Bilbao Crystallographic Server — space group tools, Wyckoff positions, irrep decompositions
Chemical Safety
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards — glovebox-relevant safety reference
- CAMEO Chemicals — chemical reactivity and incompatibility tool (critical for air-free work)
- Sigma-Aldrich / Merck SDS Portal — direct SDS access
- The Safety Net — SOPs for lab techniques
Chemical Literature & Reference
- IUPAC Gold Book — authoritative terminology reference
- PubChem — structure, property, and literature cross-references
- ChemSpider — structure-based database with spectral overlays
Graphics Programs
