WinTorg3.31

WinTorg is an easy to use simulation of the process of identifying unknownorganic compounds.It is suitable for use at early university or college level. Spectroscopy isemphasised. The shareware version is limited to 3 unknowns; theregistered version has 100. For each compound there are four spectra(pmr, cmr, ir, ms) and uv data together with physical and chemical properties.Unknowns can be identified by any mix of spectroscopy and chemicaltests. It is possible to use the program as a source of spectroscopicunknowns (and avoid chemical tests entirely). Alternatively it can beused to simulate traditional qualitative organic analysis.An extensive integrated help system is available. This includes fivespectroscopic calculators, spectral correlation information, chemicalequations for reactions and tables of compounds. There is a worked example.Once an unknown has been identified, assignments of its major spectroscopicfeatures are revealed.The instructor can customize the program (22 different parameters canbe set). Chemical tests and/or derivatives can be hidden (thereby allowingonly spectroscopic data). Students can have multiple sessions or not bycontrolling if progress can be saved to disk. The amount of help thata student may obtain can be controlled. For example, WinTorg with thehelp system enabled could be used by students while they are learningabout spectroscopy and identifying unknowns. Then the help systemcould be disabled and the program used for assessment since studentprogress is tracked and reported. The instructor can also control howunknowns are to be allocated: either randomly by the program ordirectly by the instructor.