Useful Links

Chemistry

  1. Organic Chemistry Data & Info (ASC Org Chem Division)
    https://organicchemistrydata.org

  2. Science of Syntehsis by Thieme Chemistry (aka Houben-Weyl)
    https://science-of-synthesis.thieme.com/app/toc
    https://science-of-synthesis.thieme.com/app/training/resource

  3. Resources (Trauner Group)
    https://www.traunergroup.org/resources

  4. Problems of Reaction Mechanism (Yokoshima Group)
    https://www.ps.nagoya-u.ac.jp/lab_pages/natural_products/problem.html
    https://www.ps.nagoya-u.ac.jp/lab_pages/natural_products/problem-e.html

  5. Special Issues of Accounts
    https://pubs.acs.org/page/achre4/special-issues/index.html

Open Courses

  1. Organic Reaction Mechanisms I and II by D. Van Vranken
    https://open.uci.edu/courses/chem_201_organic_reactions_mechanisms_i.html
    https://open.uci.edu/courses/chem_202_organic_reaction_mechanisms_ii.html

  2. Lecture Collection of G. Dyker
    https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/oc2/dyker/Vorlesungen_1.html

  3. Course Notes by E. E. Kwan
    https://ekwan.github.io/notes.html

LaTeX, Fonts

  1. Latest TeX Live Full Images
    https://ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/Images?lang=en

  2. FreeSans
    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip

    Best free alternative for Helvetica. Arial and Helvetica are interchangeable in many scenarios, but Arial looks less balanced at larger font sizes.

  3. XITS Math
    https://github.com/aliftype/xits/

    A math font is a must-have component for anybody who is crafting a STEM manuscript.
    ttf-format of XITS Math (resembles the design of Times New Roman):
    https://ekdc11.github.io/share/XITSMath-Regular.ttf

  4. MathTime Professional 2 Lite (MTPro2 Lite)
    https://pctex.com/mtpro2.html#MTPro2_Lite/
    https://ekdc11.github.io/share/mtp2lite.zip

    LaTeX only math font, which resembles Times and has lots of math related symbols and features. The lite version is free of charge.

  5. Microsoft Web Core Fonts & Cleartype Fonts
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/

    Microsoft allowed redistribution of the so-called webcore fonts, which caused even wider spreading of fonts like Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, etc.