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Stereochemistry Tutorial Exercises
(These exercises utilize Chempad but can be performed using models if you need help visualizing).

Stereochemistry Problem Set 1
Stereochemistry Problem Set 2
Stereochemistry Problem Set 3

Pi-Orbitals:
Various views of the pi-bonds in Ethene and Ethyne (.pdf)

Bonding and Orbitals:
A brief primer on Bonding and Orbitals (.pdf)

Resonance:
A Resonance Primer (.pdf)

Conformation:
Below are several movies which can be played on Windows Media Player. They show various views of the confirmations and energies of Ethane, Propane, and Butane:

Cyclohexane, Mono- and Disubstituted Cyclohexane Slides (pdf)

Cyclohexane: Chair to Boat Conformation Change (.wmv file)
( Track the green axial hydrogens on the right half of the cyclohexane. It may help to stop the movie after the conformation change. )

1. Butane-Spacefilling.wmv
2. Butane_Newman.wmv
3. Ethane.wmv
4. Propane-Newman.wmv
5. Propane-SpaceFilling.wmv

(Windows media player for Mac or PC can be downloaded for free on the web at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp )

Stereochemistry:
A primer on Stereochemistry (.pdf)

Examples of Reaction Wheels for the Alcohol Functional Group
Reaction Wheels: Incoming (.jpg) / Outgoing (.jpg)
• You should develop analogous reaction wheels for all funtional groups
• You should update these wheels as we learn new functional group reactions