NEWS

• Active development of WinTorg has ceased, however WinTorg is still available and also runs with Vista and Win7: see requirements for details.

• There is a new closely related program for Vista and Win7 available:
  see Torganal2 for more spectroscopic puzzles.

WinTorg—a Windows program that shows how to identify organic compounds using spectroscopy and other data.

• designed by an experienced chemistry teacher for university and college students beginning their study of spectroscopy
• three registered editions are available
  • full institutional edition - has 100 unknowns (21 simple, rest more difficult)
  • short institutional edition - 21 simple unknowns only
  • student edition - has 100 unknowns but only one support program
• each unknown has
  • ¹³C (25 MHz) and ¹H NMR (400 MHz), IR and MS spectra and UV-vis data
  • (other physical properties and results for 19 chemical tests and 20 derivatives can be also viewed if needed)
• contains 6 spectroscopic calculators
• students can use spectroscopy alone, traditional qualitative tests and derivatives alone or a combination of these
• identification can be by choosing a name or structure (if such help is allowed) or by typing a name or building a structure
• unknowns can be allocated either by the program (randomly) or by the instructor
• student progress is recorded and reported
• extensive fully integrated help is available (amount given is controlled by the instructor)
• spectroscopic assignments are given for each unknown (after each has been identified)
• 4 support programs are included (only one in student edition)
• unlimited use within the institution (permission is given for network use and/or to make multiple copies)
• the program is under constant review and the author is responsive to suggestions from users