Organic Chemistry Student Kit

This kit is designed to help students and instructors of Organic Chemistry. The kits consist of metal clusters representing atoms and colored tubing representing the bonds that interconnect them. Using the tubing and clusters the atoms are assembled to construct 3 D molecules that can be viewed at any angle in the palm of your hand.  The scale is 1 inch = 1 Angstrom.

The metal clusters included are sp3 (tetrahedral 4 prongs), sp2 (trigonal bipyramidal 5 prongs) and sp (octahedral 6 prongs) hybridized atoms providing for single (alkane), double (alkene) and triple (alkyne) bonds respectively. They are ideal for structural and steroisomers like E/Z, cis/trans and R/S as well as conformational analysis of organic cyclic and acyclic molecules. There are enough pieces to build several six member rings, double and triple bonds. 

The kits can be safely carried in a back pack or purse to class because each case has hinges and a snap tight latch. See this products web page for photographs. We have posted several Organic Chemistry Molecular Models videos on this website and YouTube showing how to use the kit with examples of each of the topics mentioned above.

      Parts List

Metal Clusters

30 Tetrahedron sp^3

12 Trigonal Bipyramids sp^2

8 Octahedrons  sp 

16 Pins (linear bonds)

PRE-CUT TUBING

(Number, color, atomic symbol, atomic radius)

12 Black  (C) 0.77"

20 Back/White (C/H) 

24   Red    (O) 0.74"

4 Black/Red (C/O)

20  Blue    (N) 0.74"

4 Black/Blue (C/N)

40  White   (H) 0.37"

4 Red/White   (O/H)

8 Dark Green  (Cl) 1.00"

4 Blue/White   (N/H)

8 Light Green   (F) 0.64"

8 Orange      (Br) 1.14"

8 Brown       (I) 1.30"

8 Purple       (P) 1.10"

8 Dark Yellow     (S) 1.04"

6 Gray       (Metals) 1.50"

8 Light Yellow     (Si) 1.17"

 FLEXIBLE TUBING (PI BONDS)

 (Number, color, atomic symbol, length)

8 Black C--C 3"

4 Blue N--N  3"

8 Black C--? 1.5"

4 Blue N--? 1.5"

4 Red O--? 1.5"