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Premade assignments

Premade assignments have been curated by instructors who teach with nearly every available organic chemistry text. Easily customize premade assignments that match your textbook and syllabus or design your own. MCAT skill-building assignments are included to help students prepare for the exam. Edit any of the questions in our library with our easy-to-use editor or write your own questions.

MCAT skill-building assignments are available to everyone across the following topics:

  • Scientific Inquiry, Reasoning Skills, and General Mathematical Concepts and Techniques
  • Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
  • Chemical Foundations of Biological Systems

Reference materials

Reference materials are provided for students to easily access all the essential information they need to answer problems in Smartwork Direct: Organic Chemistry. Reference materials are linked to every problem and are also available as a separate resource. Students can take notes, bookmark, search, highlight, and even read these materials offline. Instructors can add their own notes, links, and videos as well.

Reference materials include:

  • Periodic Table of the Elements
  • Common Functional Groups
  • Values of Ka and pKa for Various Acids
  • Characteristic Reactivities of Particular Compound Classes
  • Reactions That Alter the Carbon Skeleton
  • Synthesizing Particular Compound Classes via Functional Group Transformations

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