Links

Safety Resources:

The Hematian Research Group values safety highly. The following links provide valuable information on best practices and procedures for handling and working with various chemicals safely.

ACS Safety Mindset
ACS Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
MSDS Search
ACS Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
ACS Preparing for Emergencies
ACS Laboratory Chemical Risk Assessment
ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS)
ACS Chemical & Laboratory Safety
ACS Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Academic Institutions (2016)
RSC Modules
Dow Safety Modules
CSB Video on Laboratory Safety
The Safety Net
The Safety Zone
C&EN Safety Letters
Pyrophoric Safety from UCLA
Handling Air-Sensitive Reagents from Zakarian Lab at UCSB
Cannula Transfer from Yale
Using Alkali Metals from UCSD
Transporting Chemicals from Cornell
Transporting Chemicals from JHU
Nitric Acid and Organic Wastes from Northwestern
Chemical Compatibility Guidelines from UCSD
Chemical Incompatibilities Chemical List from Zakarian Lab at UCSB
Stanford Compatible Storage Group Guide
Vented Caps from Northwestern
Gas Cylinder from Cornell
Gas Cylinder from Northwestern
Flame Resistant Lab Coat from Northwestern
Lab Coat and Acid Spill from Northwestern
Liquid Nitrogen from Northwestern
Flash Chromatography from UCSD
SOPs for Hazardous Chemicals from Sarpong Group at UC Berkeley

Chemical Databases and Search Engines:

Purification of Laboratory Chemicals
The Schlenk Line Survival Guide
Crystal Growing Tips from UF
List of Cooling Baths
Molecular Sieves from Sigma-Aldrich
VIPEr (Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource)
Character Tables for Point Groups
Covalent Bonding Classification
Organometallic HyperTextBook
Standard Operating Procedures for Cyclic Voltammetry
A Practical Beginner’s Guide to Cyclic Voltammetry
pKa Values in Nonaqueous Solvents
pKa Values of Inorganic and Oxo-Acids
Bordwell pKa Table
NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities
NMR Artifacts from Michigan State University
Fluorine NMR (19F-NMR) and here
Preparation of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Samples from Caltech
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS)
WebElements
Organic Solvent Properties
Solvent Stabilizer Systems
Physicochemical Properties of Popular Solvents
UNCG SciFinder
Web of Science
Cambridge Structural Database
PyMOL Tutorial
CrystalMaker
GenomeNet
Electrochemistry Lectures University of Oregon
Taper Ground Joint Dimensions Wilmad LabGlass
Spectroscopy vs. Spectrometry

Chemical News, Information Services, and Other Resources:

C&EN Chemical and Engineering News
Chemistry World
ChemistryViews
Science News
Nature
Science (AAAS)
Resources for Academic Writing