Organic Chemistry 1 - Introduction / Basic Overview
This video tutorial provides an introduction or basic overview on what you will learn in your first college semester of organic chemistry. Here is a list of topics covered in this video:
1. How To
Draw Lewis Structures of
Organic Compounds
-Butane, Hexane, 2-methylpentane, 2-chloro-3-bromoheptane,
2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane, 2-butene, and 3-hexyne
2. How To Draw a
Line Structure From a Condensed Structure:
CH3CHCH2, (
CH3)3CCH2CCH, (CH3)2CHCH2CH2
3. How to Draw The
Lewis Structure of
Functional Groups
Alcohols,
Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Aldehydes, Ketones,
Alkyl Halides, Ethers, Amines, Amides, & Ionic Structures
4.
Octet Rule,
Multiple Bonding, Nonbonding Electrons, & Valency of
Elements Such as Carbon, Nitrogen,
Oxygen, & Halogens like Fluorine, Bromine, and
Chlorine
5. How To Calculate The
Formal Charge of an
Element
6. How To Draw
Resonance Structures and How To
Identify The Major Resonance
Contributor
7.
Acids and
Basic Periodic Trend - Pka & Resonance
Stabilization of the
Conjugate Base
8. How To Predict The Products of an
Acid Base Reaction In
Organic Chemistry
HBr +
H2O
CH3COOH +
CH3OH
CH3SH + CH3OH
9. How To Use Pka To Determine Where Equlibrium Will
Shift Either To
The Left or To The
Right For Acid Base Reactions
CH3COO- + CH3OH -- CH3COOH + CH3O-
HO- +
NH3 -- NH2- + H2O
CH3O- + CH3SH -- CH3OH + CH3S-
10. How To
Find The Hybridization,
Bond Angle, and
Molecular Geometry of every carbon atom or nonhydrogen atom in a compound.
11. How To Draw
Sigma and Pi bonds For Ethene
12. How To Determine
How Many Sigma and Pi
Bonds Are In a
Compound or Molecule.
13. Electronegativity and Bond
Polarity
14. How To Draw
Hydrogen Bonds In
Water
15.
The Difference Between Hydrogen Bonds and
Covalent Bonds - 16. Intermolecular Bonds vs
Intramolecular Bonds
17. How To Determine Which Compounds Are
Polar vs Nonpolar
18. How To Know Which Compounds Are Soluble in Water - Miscible or Immiscible
19.
Cis and Trans Geometric Isomers of 2-butene - No
Rotation around
Double Bonds
20. Conformations of Butane - Anti,
Gauche,
Eclipsed, Staggered, and Totally
Eclipse
21. How To Draw The
Newman Projection of 2-methylbutane along the C2-C3 bond
22.
Angle & Ring Strain of Cycloalkanes - Cyclopropane, Cyclobutane, Cyclopentane, and Cyclohexane
23.
Chair Conformations of Cyclohexane - Axial vs Equatorial Bonds
24. 1,3-diaxial Strain
25. How To Draw
The Most Stable Chair
Conformation of 1-tert-butyl-4-methylcyclohexane
26. Cis and Trans Chair Conformation For Cyclohexane
27. How To Determine if a Carbon
Atom Is
Chiral or Not
28. Enantiomers -
Mirror Images -
Physical Properties vs
Optical Properties
29. How To Determine How Many Chiral Centers or Stereocenters Are in a Compound
30. How To Determine How Many Stereoisomers Are In a Compound
31. How To Determine
R/S Configuration For a Chiral
Center
32. How To Draw
Fischer Projections
33. How To Assign R/S
Absolute Configuration For Fischer Projections
34. Enantiomers, Diastereomers, Constitutional Isomers, &
Meso Compounds
35.
Addition,
Substitution,
Elimination & Rearrangement Reactions
36.
SN2 Reactions - Nucleophile vs
Substrate, 2nd
Order Nucleophilic Substitution,
Rate Law,
Inversion of Stereochemistry, &
Energy Diagram, Polar Aprotic Solvents
37.
SN1 Reactions -
Protic Solvents, Unequal
Racemic Mixture -
Retention & Inversion,
First Order Nucleophilic Substitution
38. E1 Reactions - Carbocation Intermediate &
First Elimination
Process
39. E2 Reactions -
Concerted Reaction Mechanism,
Strong Unhindered vs Bulky Base -
Hoffman vs Zaitsev -
Major vs
Minor Product
40. Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes
41. Hydrohalogenation Reactions of Alkenes - 1-butene + HBr and Peroxides
42. Regiochemistry -
Markovnikov vs Anti-Markovnikov Addition
43. Stereochemistry - Anti vs Syn Addition
44. Steoreoselectivity vs Regioselectivity
45.
Hydroboration Oxidation,
Oxymercuration Demercuration, and Hydration
46. Hydrogenation, Bromination, and Syn Hydroxylation of Alkenes
47. Enantiomers & Meso Compounds - Alkene + Br2 - 1 vs 2 Products
48. Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkynes
49. Hydrogenation of Alkynes into Cis &
Trans Alkenes Using H2/Lindlar's
Catalyst and Na with NH3
50. Alkynes into Aldehydes & Ketones Using (Sia)2BH,
THF and HgSO4,
H2SO4, and H2O
51.
Synthesis Reactions With
Acetylene -
C2H2 & NaNH2 With an Alkyl Halide like CH3Br and CH3CH2Br
52.
Oxidation and Reduction Reactions of Alcohols
53. Oxidizing Agents of Alcohols -
PCC, Na2Cr2O7 + H2SO4, H2CrO4 & KMnO4 -
H3O+
54.
Reducing Agents of Alcohols - NaBH4 vs LiAlH4
55.
Grignard Reagents - CH3MgBr With Aldehydes & Ketones Mechanism
56.
Organolithium Reagents CH3LI Mechanism With Esters
56.
Gilman Reagent or OrganoCopper
Lithium Reagent Mechanism With Esters
57. E1
Dehydration Mechanism of Alcohols Using H2SO4
58. HBr
Reaction Mechanism With Alcohols - SN1 vs SN2
59. PBr3 and
SOCl2 Reactions With Alcohols - SN2