Representing Organic Molecules (18 min)

Line-angle formulas, condensed structural formulas, and perspective formulas are introduced in this tutorial. (Runtime = 17:35)

Student Learning Outcomes
After viewing this tutorial and practicing problems from this website and your textbook, you should be able to:
• Work with and interpret chemical structures drawn as line-angle, condensed structural, and perspective structures.
• Interconvert a drawing from one structure type to another structure type.
• Understand the strengths and limitations of each structure type.


Practice Problems
Here are some problems to get you started. You should first try each on a piece of paper. Then, place your cursor over the graphic and click on right arrow that appears to see the answer. The right and left arrows allow you to move back and forth between problems. Please note that these are not the only types of problems/questions that exist on this topic. Refer to your textbook and any problems your instructor provides you for more practice with this subject.

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