Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is in the works — a chapter-simulation program covering the full scope of an organic chemistry course, organized chapter by chapter. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Organic Chemistry program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an organic chemistry course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The program is organized across 14 chapters plus in-depth practice sets, an applied-mechanisms set, and an integrative synthesis set, covering structure and bonding, acids and bases, alkanes and cycloalkanes, stereochemistry and chirality, substitution and elimination, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, structure determination by spectroscopy, benzene and aromatic chemistry, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, enolates and condensation reactions, and amines and biomolecules in outline. There is no licensing exam at the end of an organic chemistry course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Organic Chemistry program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate organic chemistry course: original practice questions organized chapter by chapter — structure and bonding, stereochemistry, substitution and elimination, alkene and alkyne chemistry, alcohols, spectroscopy, aromatic chemistry, carbonyl chemistry, carboxylic acid derivatives, enolates, amines, and biomolecules in outline — matched by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams follow the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an organic chemistry course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
Practice organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 14-chapter structure that mirrors the standard organic chemistry course, from structure, bonding, and molecular representation through amines and biomolecules, in outline, plus in-depth practice sets, an applied-mechanisms set, and an integrative synthesis set. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the substitution and elimination lectures? Drill that chapter until choosing between the competing pathways feels automatic. Spectroscopy test in ten days? Work the structure-determination chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, stereochemistry, or carbonyl addition — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Organic Chemistry has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an organic chemistry course covers and how to study it, see our Organic Chemistry study guide.
| Undergraduate organic chemistry — the course sequence this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the standard two-semester organic chemistry sequence, Organic Chemistry I–II; typically 3–4 credits per semester, with a laboratory component at many institutions) |
| Standard scope | Structure, bonding, and molecular representation — Lewis structures, hybridization, resonance, and functional groups; acids, bases, and functional-group recognition; alkanes and cycloalkanes — conformation and stereochemistry; stereochemistry and chirality; substitution and elimination reactions; alkenes — structure, synthesis, and addition reactions; alkynes — structure and addition reactions; alcohols — structure, synthesis, and reactions; structure determination — mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in outline; benzene and aromatic chemistry; aldehydes and ketones — nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group; carboxylic acids and their derivatives; enolates, alpha substitution, and condensation reactions; amines and biomolecules in outline |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | Chapter-based practice across 14 chapters + in-depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
The program follows the standard chapter organization of the course, below. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters.
| Chapter | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Structure, Bonding, and Molecular Representation | — |
| Acids, Bases, and Functional Groups | — |
| Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Structure and Conformation | — |
| Stereochemistry and Chirality | — |
| Substitution and Elimination Reactions | — |
| Alkenes: Structure, Synthesis, and Addition Reactions | — |
| Alkynes: Structure and Addition Reactions | — |
| Alcohols: Structure, Synthesis, and Reactions | — |
| Structure Determination: Spectroscopy in Outline | — |
| Benzene and Aromatic Chemistry | — |
| Aldehydes and Ketones: Carbonyl Addition | — |
| Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives | — |
| Enolates, Alpha Substitution, and Condensations | — |
| Amines and Biomolecules in Outline | — |
The outline chapters deserve a note: spectroscopy is applied all year but taught in full depth at different points by different instructors, and biomolecules close most sequences at orientation depth, with depth reserved for biochemistry. The program’s textbook selector maps practice onto your book’s organization, so your drills carry the chapters — and the order — your course actually uses.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Organic Chemistry, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — organic chemistry builds mechanism on mechanism — the arrow-pushing learned in the opening chapters is spent, without re-teaching, in every reaction family after it, and the second semester’s carbonyl chemistry presupposes the first semester’s foundations entire.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Organic chemistry is a college course sequence, not a licensed credential, and there is no official organic chemistry exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate sequence.
Does the program cover both Organic Chemistry I and II? Yes — the program follows the standard two-semester sequence as one arc: structure, stereochemistry, and the first reaction families in the first semester’s scope, and aromatic, carbonyl, and enolate chemistry in the second. Chapter drills let you work in whichever semester you are currently taking.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the organic chemistry sequence, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps practice onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Do I need general chemistry first? The sequence normally follows general chemistry, and the program follows the same order — it assumes bonding, equilibrium, thermodynamics in outline, and acid–base chemistry in their general form. The opening chapters restate what organic chemistry needs, in organic terms, but they do not re-teach the prerequisite.
Does the program include laboratory work? The program rehearses the lecture course’s examinable content — mechanisms, reactions, stereochemistry, spectroscopy interpretation, and synthesis. Laboratory technique, reports, and practical assessments follow your own course’s laboratory program, which your syllabus and laboratory manual describe.
What reaction families does the program cover? The standard sequence’s families: substitution and elimination, alkene and alkyne additions, alcohol reactions, electrophilic aromatic substitution, carbonyl addition, nucleophilic acyl substitution, and enolate chemistry, each inside its chapter and each taught through its mechanism.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
My course teaches spectroscopy early. Will the practice still line up? In most cases, yes. Courses differ mainly in where structure determination sits and how the carbonyl chapters are split. The textbook selector maps the program’s chapters onto your book’s organization, and chapter drills can be assembled by topic when an order differs.
I am retaking the course. Where should I start? With your chapter results from the opening blocks: most repeat difficulties trace to structure reading, stereochemistry, or the first mechanism chapter rather than to the semester where the grade was lost. The drills let you rebuild the foundation chapters before re-entering the sequence’s pace.
When can I start using the Organic Chemistry program? The program is in the works. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an organic chemistry course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.