Organic Chemistry I & II

Free radical polymerization of alkenes.

A discussion of the molecular orbitals in dienes. It's all about wavefunctions! Bring this up at Thanksgiving dinner and watch your family try and bludgeon you with turkey legs.

The IR and NMR spectroscopy of alkynes.

Alkynes are similar to alkenes, so they undergo many similar types of reactions. And some new reactions.

The acidity of the terminal hydrogen of an alkyne opens the possibility of nucleophilic reactions with electrophiles.

An alkyne can be activated to react with electrophiles.

Everything you wanted to know about alkynes but were afraid to ask.

More reactions with alkenes, but this time we are oxidizing the sp2 carbon pi bond.

IR and NMR spectroscopy of alkenes

The carbocation intermediate can cause challenges in addition reactions.

Markovnikov addition to carbon-carbon double bonds.

Anti-Markovnikov addition of materials to carbon-carbon double bonds.

The importance of group alignment in E2 elimination mechanisms.

The mechanism of double bond formation

The physical properties of alkenes

All about the carbon-carbon double bond.

Organic Chemistry is all about synthesis of new compounds. It's the true power of the science. But you have to be strategic in how you plan syntheses.

Sn2 is governed by certain rules, from sterics to solvents. Here we talk about the essence of these rules.

Solvents are important in any nucleophilic substitution reaction.

The Mantra of Organic Chemistry is "Negative Goes to Positive". In this video we see more of the essentials here.

An introduction to the essentials of the Sn2 reaction, arguably the most used reaction in organic synthesis.

A deeper dive into the specifics of the Sn1, one of four fundamental reactions in organic chemistry.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, or in this case, substitute an alcohol with a halide.

An examination of the mechanism of the Sn1 reaction.

The only reaction we have in organic chemistry that functionalizes basic alkanes. This video talks about the mechanism of free radical halogenation.