Department of Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry 2.1

Written by David Harvey of DePauw University, this 2016 update to Analytical Chemistry 2.0 is well reviewed and adopted.

Includes: Key terms, problems, practice exercises

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through the Open Textbook Library

ChemCollective

Chemistry: 2e (OpenStax)

This peer reviewed OpenStax textbook comes with extensive instructor and student resources, much like many commercial textbooks. It has been adopted extensively.

Includes: Instructor resources, exercises, solutions, simulations, glossaries

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Reviews: Available through the Open Textbook Library

Chemistry: Atoms First 2e (OpenStax)

This peer reviewed OpenStax textbook was developed by chemistry professors from the OpenStax textbook listed above, to accommodate the authors’ “atoms first” approach to teaching introductory chemistry.

Includes: Instructor resources, exercises, solutions, simulations, glossaries

Licence: CC BY 4.0

General Chemistry 1 – Open & Free

Introductory Chemistry, 1st Canadian Edition

This text is an adaptation of David W. Ball’s Introductory Chemistry open textbook. It was adapted by Jessie A. Key at Vancouver Island University as part of the B.C. Open Textbook Project.

Includes: PowerPoint slides, exercises, solutions, examples, summaries

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through the Open Textbook Library

Organic Nomenclature 101

This resource was developed by a faculty member from the University of Ottawa. It is an interactive way to learn organic chemistry nomenclature.

Includes: Interactive quiz, practice questions

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Organic Chemistry I

An open textbook that is suitable for the first semester of Organic Chemistry. Basic concepts of the structures and reactivities of organic molecules are covered in this open textbook. Besides the fundamental discussions of organic acids-bases, stereochemistry, IR and NMR, this book also includes the topics of substitution and elimination reactions, radical substitution of alkanes, preparation and reactions of alkenes and alkynes.

Includes: Practice questions and answers

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition (OpenStax) [New]

John McMurry’s Organic Chemistry is renowned as the most clearly written book available for organic chemistry. In John McMurry’s words, “I wrote this book because I love writing. I get great pleasure and satisfaction from taking a complicated subject, turning it around until I see it clearly from a new angle, and then explaining it in simple words.” In Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition from OpenStax, McMurry continues this tradition while updating scientific discoveries, highlighting new applications, scrutinizing every piece of art, and providing example problems to assist students. Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition continues to meet the scope and sequence of a two-semester organic chemistry course that follows a functional group approach. A highlighted list of changes along with a detailed table of contents and ancillary descriptions can be found on the Instructor and Student resources sections of this page. John McMurry decided to publish Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition under an open license as a tribute to his son, Peter McMurry, who passed away from cystic fibrosis in December 2019. Please click here to learn more about Peter’s legacy and to support the fight against cystic fibrosis [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Thermodynamics and Chemistry, 2nd Edition

This is designed for a 1-semester course in classical chemical thermodynamics.

Includes: Solutions manual, biographical sketches, appendices

Licence: CC BY

Reviews: Available through the Open Textbook Library

Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry

Authored by William Reusch at Michigan State University, this interactive textbook covers the usual topics treated in a second year course. Links are offered to advanced discussions of selected topics.

Includes: Practice problems

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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