Chemical Literature



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Answer the following questions based on the library orientation and the resources found in RCC’s library. Type your answers and turn in this worksheet next week.

1) What’s the URL [web address] for the online materials prepared and presented by Mr. Brewster.

2) A general understanding of an organic chemistry topic is most easily found in this secondary literature source:

3) The source for reactions and mechanisms in our textbook is?

4) Why is the RCC library referred to as a “digital library”?

5) Using the Merck Index, find the following for the three compounds listed:

|COMPOUND |STRUCTURE |MELTING POINT |THERAPEUTIC |MERCK INDEX |

| | |(M.P.) |CATEGORY |EDITION |

| | | | |& PAGE NO. |

|Menthol | | | | |

|Tiopronin | | | | |

|Carmustine | | | | |

6) Using the Dictionary of Organic Compounds look up information on the following compounds:

• Pyrrolidine — Structure? Where is it found? What is the b.p.?

• Azulene — Where is it found? What is the m.p.? What happens when it is heated (draw reaction)?

7) In LAMP’s Library Catalog do a KEYWORD search on organic chemistry [typed exactly this way except NOT underlined or in bold type]. How many items are there?

Repeat this KEYWORD search but on “organic chemistry” [typed exactly this way, with the phrase “organic chemistry” enclosed in quotation marks – so you’re searching this as a phrase (these two words together exactly in this order) – but again NOT underlined or in bold type]. Now how many items are there?

From the results list of either of the above searches, scroll down to and click on the title Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry to see its full description (bibliographic record).

Open this book online and turn to page 5; what do a “double barbed arrow” and a “single barbed arrow” signify? Would this book be helpful for Chem. 12A?

8) From LAMP’s Databases A-Z, scroll down to and click on EBSCO ebooks. On the resulting screen, in the search-statement box at the top on the right side of the screen, KEYWORD search on organic chemistry [typed exactly this way except NOT underlined or in bold type]. How many items are there?

Repeat this KEYWORD search but on “organic chemistry” [typed exactly this way, with the phrase “organic chemistry” enclosed in quotation marks – so you’re searching this as a phrase (these two words together exactly in this order) – but again NOT underlined or in bold type]. Now how many items are there?

From the results list of either of the above searches, scroll down to and click on the title NMR Spectroscopy Explained: Simplified Theory, Applications and Examples for Organic Chemistry and Structural Biology.

On the resulting screen, showing the full description (bibliographic record) for this e-book, note the left column and click on the hypertext link: eBook Full Text. Wait a few seconds for the PDF of this book to open – that is, wait for the cover of the book to appear in the main part of the screen.

NOTE WELL: Our subscription to this extraordinary database allows for only one user at a time to be open and so use a given title – so if you click on the eBook Full Text link, but it doesn’t open and/or you get some kind of message about this book’s being in use, just try later and you’ll probably be able to open it. If you’re unable able to do so at all, be sure to call the Library’s Computer Support Help Desk @ Tel. 951-222-8000, x4114 or 951-222-8651 (then ask for a Computer Help Desk assistant).

Once this book is open – that is, you see its cover displayed on the main part of the screen – turn to page 4 by typing 4 in the small textbox at the bottom center of the screen, the clicking on GO. If the page that results is page 5, rather than 4, simply click on the arrow pointing to the left (for back) also at the bottom center of the screen.

Finally, when you’re on page 4 of this book, then answer the following two questions:

• Which organic molecule is shown at the top of the page?

• What are the resonances in the 13C NMR for the molecule above?

9) From LAMP’s Databases A-Z, scroll down to and click on Search Magazines/Journals by Title and find the following journal article: International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012, Volume 2, number 1, article 4. Answer the questions:

a) What is the title of the article?

b) List the university name, city, and country of the authors.

c) From the Abstract, what is the advantage of using AlCl3 as a chlorination reagent?

d) From the Introduction, how many other methods of chlorination were mentioned?

e) List 2 highlights of this new methodology.

f) What solvent was determined to work best for this reaction?

g) List the citation for reference #14.

h) From Table 2, draw out the starting alcohol that gave the highest yield of chlorinated product.

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