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Open Chem
From UC Irvine, Open Chemistry (OpenChem) provides a full curriculum of recorded lectures covering undergraduate chemistry plus selected graduate topics.


ChemCollective
From Carnegie Mellon, this collection Includes tutorials, online courses, and more.


Chemistry Textbooks

Be Prepared! Everything you should know for 1st year Chemistry
These Pre-Chemistry online modules are designed to function as chemistry preparation for first year chemistry students.


Chemistry 2e (OpenStax)
Chemistry 2e is designed for a two-semester general chemistry course. It allows students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to the world around them.


General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications
Introductory chemistry textbook designed to introduce the students to the relevance and excitement of chemistry. They emphasize the relationship between chemistry and students' everyday lives.


Chemistry I Lab Manual
This lab manual accompanies college Chemistry courses and is used to support and assess knowledge acquired in the classroom setting to be applied in the real world.


CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything
CLUE takes an experimental approach to help students attain a confident and coherent understanding of basic chemistry. A range of ancillary materials have been developed for CLUE.


Analytical Chemistry 2.0
This text views analytical chemistry as more than a collection of analytical methods and an understanding of equilibrium chemistry; it is an approach to solving chemical problems.


Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis - Vol. I & II
Based on a project from UC Davis, this organic chemistry textbook (volumes I and II) focuses on relevance to biology and medicine.


The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
This text was designed for a one-semester General, Organic and Biological Chemistry course.


Organic Chemistry Laboratory Techniques
This text covers the theory and procedures of the main organic lab techniques (chromatography, crystallization, extraction, distillation) as well as general concepts on how to set up and heat apparatuses.


How to be a Successful Organic Chemist
An introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. It offers a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.