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Fundamental Organic Chemistry I
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- Basic Sciences
Contents· 120 sections
- 01: Intro to Chemical Structure and Resonance
- 1.01: Drawing Chemical Structures
- 1.02: Electron-Dot Model of Bonding - Lewis Structures
- 1.03: VSPER Theory- The Effect of Lone Pairs
- 1.04: Electronegativity and Bond Polarity (Review)
- 1.05: Resonance
- 1.06: Molecular Orbitals and Covalent Bonding
- 1.07: Hybrid Orbitals- Bonding in Complex Molecules and Practice Problems
- 02: Alkanes
- 2.01: Chemical Properties of Alkanes
- 2.02: Physical Properties of Alkanes
- 2.03: Nomenclature of Alkanes
- 2.04: Nomenclature of Cycloalkanes
- 2.05: Practice - Alkane Nomenclature
- 2.06: Ethane Conformers
- 2.07: Gibbs Free Energy (review)
- 2.08: Enthalpy Changes in Reactions
- 2.09: Entropy Changes in Chemical Reactions
- 2.10: Activation Energy and Rate
- 03: Acids Bases and Arrow Pushing
- 3.01: Acids and Bases - The Brønsted-Lowry Definition
- 3.02: Acids and Bases - The Lewis Definition
- 3.03: Classification of Reagents as Electrophiles and Nucleophiles. Acids and Bases
- 3.04: Using Curved Arrows in Polar Reaction Mechanisms
- 3.05: Acid Strength and (pK a)
- 3.06: A Summary of the Factors that Determine Acid Strength
- 3.07: Organic Acids and Bases
- 04: Introduction to Alkenes
- 4.01: The (pi) Bond
- 4.02: Nomenclature of Alkenes
- 4.03: Degree of Unsaturation
- 4.04: Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes
- 4.05: Carbocation Structure and Stability
- 4.06: Carbocation Rearrangements
- 4.07: Markovnikov Addition
- 05: Addition Reactions of Alkenes
- 5.01: Electrophilic Addition of Hydrogen Halides
- 5.02: Addition of Strong Brnsted Acids
- 5.03: Electrophilic Addition of Halogens to Alkenes
- 5.04: Hydration of Alkenes
- 5.05: Formation of alcohols from alkenes
- 5.06: Catalytic Hydrogenation
- 5.07: Hydration- Oxymercuration-Demercuration
- 5.08: Hydration- Hydroboration-Oxidation
- 5.09: Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes
- 5.10: Free Radicals
- 5.11: Addition of Radicals to Alkenes
- 5.12: Anti-Markovnikov Product Formation
- 5.13: Homolytic Cleavage and Bond Dissociation Energies
- 5.14: Polymerization of Alkenes
- 06: Principles of Stereochemistry
- 6.01: Chirality and Stereoisomers
- 6.02: R-S Sequence Rules
- 6.03: Optical Activity
- 6.04: Optical Activity - more detail
- 6.05: Racemic Mixtures and the Resolution of Enantiomers
- 6.06: Diastereomers
- 6.07: Diastereomers - more detail
- 6.08: Meso Compounds
- 07: Cyclic Compounds - Stereochemistry of Reactions
- 7.01: Ring Strain and the Structure of Cycloalkanes
- 7.02: Cycloalkanes and Ring Strain
- 7.03: Cyclohexane Conformations
- 7.04: Conformations of Monosubstituted Cyclohexanes
- 7.05: Conformations of Disubstituted Cyclohexanes
- 7.06: Polycyclic Alkanes
- 7.07: Carbocyclic Products in Nature
- 7.08: Steroids
- 08: Introduction to Alkyl Halides Alcohols Ethers Thiols and Sulfides
- 8.01: Alkyl Halides
- 8.02: Haloalkanes
- 8.2.01: Alkyl Halide Occurrence
- 8.03: Nomenclature of Alcohols
- 8.3.01: Nomenclature of Alcohols
- 8.04: Thiols (Mercaptans)
- 8.05: Nomenclature of Ethers
- 8.06: Solvents
- 8.6.01: Boiling Points
- 8.6.02: Solvent-Solutes
- 8.07: Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
- 8.08: Grignard and Organolithium Reagents
- 8.09: Grignard Reagents
- 09: The Chemistry of Alkyl Halides
- 9.01: An Overview of Nucleophilic Substitution
- 9.02: Elimination Reactions
- 9.03: Rate Laws in Nucleophilic Substitution
- 9.04: Reaction Rates and Rate Laws
- 9.05: The SN2 Reaction
- 9.06: E2 Elimination
- 9.07: SN1 Reaction
- 9.7.01: 6.06.1 Kinetics, Stereochemistry and Energy Diagram
- 9.08: E1 Eliminations
- 9.09: Comparison of SN2 and SN1
- 9.10: Comparing E1 and E2
- 9.11: Determining SN2, SN¬1, E2 or E1
- 9.12: Carbenes
- 9.13: Cyclopropane Synthesis
- 10: The Chemistry of Alcohols and Thiols
- 10.01: Dehydration Reactions of Alcohols
- 10.02: Reactions of Alcohols with Hydrohalic Acids
- 10.03: Converting an Alcohol to a Sulfonate Ester
- 10.04: Oxidation and Reduction in Organic Chemistry
- 10.05: Oxidation of Alcohols
- 10.06: The Formation of Carboxylic Acids
- 10.07: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD)
- 10.08: Dehydrogenases
- 10.09: Prochirality
- 10.10: Thiols and Sulfides
- 10.11: Nucleophilicity of Sulfur Compounds
- 10.12: Redox Reactions of Thiols and Disulfides
- 10.13: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis
- 11: The Chemistry of Ethers Epoxides Glycols and Sulfides
- 11.01: Williamson Ether Synthesis
- 11.02: Synthesis of Epoxides
- 11.03: Acidic Cleavage of Ethers
- 11.04: Opening of Epoxides
- 11.05: Dihydroxylation of Alkenes
- 11.06: Periodate cleavage of 1,2-diols (glycols)
- 11.07: Epoxidation
- 11.08: Sharpless Epoxidation