Credits

Data Sources

• PubChem (NIH/NLM) — molecular structures, IUPAC names, and 3D coordinates used across stereochemistry, nomenclature, and other modules.
• Hans Reich Collection (© ACS Division of Organic Chemistry) — A-value reference data for chair conformation energy problems.
• Daniel Lowe USPTO Dataset — reaction data used in literature reaction examples.

Open-Source Tools

• RDKit — cheminformatics toolkit used for 2D structure rendering and molecular computations.
• 3Dmol.js — interactive 3D molecular viewer used in stereochemistry modules.

AI Tools

• Google Gemini — powers Socratic hint generation for IUPAC nomenclature problems.
• Claude (Anthropic) — assisted with site development.

Reusing RealOChem

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