For your first organic chemistry course

Organic chemistry,
one question at a time.

Most apps ask you to pick A, B, C or D. Rykie asks you to draw the product, push the arrows, rotate a Newman projection and read an NMR spectrum, and explains every answer.

  • Free learning path
  • No ads
  • Lessons work offline
4,500+questions to practise
14chapters, atoms to spectroscopy
11practice drills
19illustrated cheat sheets

Not A, B, C or D

You learn chemistry by doing chemistry

Every question is something you would do on paper in an exam, only now it checks you as you go.

Draw real structures

A full chemical editor. Draw the product and Rykie grades the structure itself, not a letter.

Push the curved arrows

Mechanisms the way they are marked: from a lone pair or a bond, to exactly the right atom.

Read real spectra

¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR and mass spectra. Tap the peak, assign the signal, work out the splitting.

Stereochemistry in 3D

Turn Newman projections, flip cyclohexane chairs and tilt Fischer projections under your finger.

Every answer explained

Right or wrong, you see why. The explanation is the part of the question that teaches you.

Answers you can trust

Structures and answers are checked with chemistry software, so what the app marks right really is right.

The learning path in Rykie, with chapters unlocking one after another

The course

A path through the whole course

Fourteen chapters in the order you are taught them, from atoms and bonds to spectroscopy. Each session is ten questions: short enough for a bus ride, long enough to stick.

  • Basics
  • Alkanes
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Substitution & elimination
  • Alkenes
  • Alkynes
  • Alcohols
  • Ethers & epoxides
  • Ketones & aldehydes
  • Carboxylic acids
  • Aromatic compounds
  • Conjugated systems
  • Amines
  • Spectroscopy
A Fischer projection question in Rykie

More than thirty kinds of question

The questions an exam actually asks

Assign R and S on a Fischer projection. Place the groups on a chair. Balance the equation, rank the acids, pick the reagents for every step of a synthesis. Each kind of question is its own interactive tool, not a picture with four answers underneath.

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A Rykie cheat sheet on reducing carbonyl compounds

Practice

Drill what you are weak at. Look up the rest.

Focused drills for the skills that decide an exam, and cheat sheets with animated mechanisms for when you need to check something fast.

Naming compoundsDrawing compoundsPredict the product Multistep synthesisR and SSame, isomer or conformer? Nucleophiles & electrophilesAcids, bases & equilibria ResonanceLewis structuresHybridization

Pricing

The course is free, and it stays free

You can learn all of the chemistry without paying. Premium is for when you want to go faster.

Free

Everything you need to learn it

  • All 14 chapters, 3,300+ questions, unlocked as you go
  • Every answer explained
  • Streaks, XP and a league with friends
  • No ads
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FAQ

Questions, answered

Who is Rykie for?

Secondary school and university students taking a first course in organic chemistry, and anyone revising for an organic chemistry exam.

Is it really free?

Yes. The whole learning path, all 14 chapters, is free, with no ads. Premium adds unlimited hearts, instant access to every chapter, and the Practice tab of drills and cheat sheets.

Do I need an account?

No. You can start as a guest. Sign in with Google to keep your progress across devices, join the league with friends, and try Practice.

Does it work offline?

The lessons and questions do. Signing in and syncing your progress need a connection.

Where can I use it?

On Android (get it on Google Play), and right here in your browser. Your progress follows your account.

I found a mistake. How do I tell you?

Use Report a bug in the app's Profile, or write to [email protected]. Every report is read.

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