Chemistry 540 - Physical Organic Chemistry

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Image courtesy of Chem540f09grp6.

Term:
Fall 2008 - 2009
Published:
March 7, 2012
Revised:
June 29, 2012

Physical Organic Chemistry covers the principles of chemical bonding, mechanisms of organic chemical reactions and stereochemistry. The important types of organic reactions are also discussed, with an emphasis on basic principles. As a part of this course, U-M students collaboratively created and edited Wikipedia articles. Student contributions can be found within the Sessions tab.

Instructor: Anne McNeil

Wikipedia Campus Ambassador: Cheryl Moy

Course Level: Graduate

Visit the McNeil Group website and the Journal of Chemical Education to learn more about Professor McNeil's Wikipedia project.

Wikipedia Articles

Introduction to Wikipedia Articles

Student contributions can be viewed by visiting the topic pages “before” and “after” the student revisions. Click on “current” to see the most recent version of the article. Pages without a "before" link were created by students in this course. 

† indicates pages that were significantly expanded (>10,000 bytes added)

Chem 540 - Fall 2008

Transition State Theory

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Asymmetric Induction

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Chiral Lewis Acid

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Benson Group Increment Theory

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Hammett Equation

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Taft Equation

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Halogen Bonding

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Hyperconjugation

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Pi-Interactions

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Chem 540 - Fall 2009

Host-Guest Chemistry

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Hammett Equation

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Tunneling in KIE

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Strain

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Transannular Strain

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Walsh Diagrams

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Salt Bridges

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Cheletropic Reactions†

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Hypervalent Molecules

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A-values

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A-1,3-strain†

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Self-healing Polymers†

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Solvent Effects

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About the Creators

portrait of Anne McNeil

Anne McNeil is a Seyhan N. Eğe Assistant Professor of Chemistry, in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and an Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, in the College of Engineering. Her research interests include new methods for the chain-growth synthesis of π-conjugated polymers, synthesis and characterization of gradient π-conjugated copolymers, and developing stimuli-responsive materials based on gelation.