An organic chemistry animation iPhone and iPad app was developed by the authors to aid in the visualization of organic chemistry reactions, in and out of the classroom. The animations include the concepts of hybridization, alkane- cyclohexane- and methylcyclohexane- conformation analysis, stereochemistry (enantiomers, diastereomers, meso), aromaticity and aromatic stabilization, carbocation and radical stability, and butadiene rotation. The reaction animations include S<sub>N</sub>1 and S<sub>N</sub>2 nucleophile substitution, E1 and E2 elimination, alkene reactions, free radical chemistry, epoxide chemistry, alkyne chemistry, electrophilic aromatic substitution, Diels-Alder chemistry, and carbonyl chemistry. The projection and use of these animations in large classrooms will be discussed.

Development and use of Tap OChem, an organic chemistry animation application for the classroom

251st National Meeting (2016)

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.