Overhead Slides for Section One (PDF files)

• Principles of Organic. This includes functional groups and acidity. 2000-ready
• Taxol example. Finding functional groups in a complicated molecule.2000-ready
• Chemical Literature. An overview of how to obtain chemical information. This is also available from the Section One Notes Table on the Information Page. 2000-ready
• Carbohydrates and Polysaccharides. Slides covering the basics.2000-ready
• Wood Hemicelluloses and Cellulose. Important points about structure and reactivity of hemicelluloses and cellulose.2000-ready
• Lignin and Its Reactions. There will be no slides for this material.
• Extractives. They're more important than you think!
• A Recipe for Cellulose. An overview of Science, 279 (1998) 717.
• Fractionation Scheme. A general schematic showing how to separate the major wood components.

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