Laboratory resources

Green Chemistry Teaching & Learning Community (GCTLC)

The GCTLC is developed in partnership between the NGO BeyondBenign and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute. It provides a free platform for peer-to-peer learning, sharing, connection and mentorship to collectively advance the integration of green chemistry across the education continuum and transform the way science is taught - through the lens of sustainability. Learn More

Laboratory Safety

Consult the following recommendations to incorporate safe practices into your teaching curriculum. Learn More

Not Voodoo

This website helps chemists new to the laboratory get their bearings. It also taps the vast knowledge base of expert experimental chemists, and is freely available to the community. Learn More

Laboratory email listserve (Canadian)

Lab coordinators and lab instructors across the country connect and find it useful to consult on experiments, equipment, training, safety, and other topics. Contact Kate Stuttaford to be added: kstuttaf AT uoguelph DOT ca

Info & Databases 

CRC Handbook

Celebrating over 100 years since its first publication, the content of the 96th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics is now available online. Learn More

Chemspider

ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 38 million structures from hundreds of data sources. Learn More

pKa tables

Bordwell pKa Click here

Evans pKa Click here

Scifinder

SciFinder® is a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. Learn More

Spectral Database

SDBS is an integrated spectral database system for organic compounds,which includes 6 different types of spectra under a directory of the compounds. Learn More