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Alcohols and Thiols: Structure, Properties, and Reactions

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Alcohol Nomenclature

  • Provide the correct common and IUPAC name.
    01:49
  • How to name polyols.
    01:47
  • Provide the correct common and IUPAC name.
    00:59

Intermolecular Forces

  • How dipole-dipole forces work.
    01:46
  • How IMFs are related to melting and boiling points.
    03:08
  • How Van der Waals forces work.
    03:01

Functional Groups

  • Assigning Degrees to Alkyl Halides
    01:30
  • Why we need functional groups.
    01:49
  • The difference between aldehydes and ketones.
    03:08

SN1 Reaction

  • Drawing the SN1 Mechanism
    10:49
  • Why highly substituted leaving groups favor SN1.
    01:13
  • Understanding the properties of SN1.
    08:16

The SN2 Mechanism

  • Ranking reactivity toward SN2
    04:03
  • Drawing the SN2 Mechanism
    08:33
  • Understanding the properties of SN2.
    11:57

Dehydration Reaction

  • Dehydration of 1° alcohols:The E2 Mechanism
    05:20
  • An extra note of caution with 1° alcohols.
    01:06
  • General features of acid-catalyzed dehydration.
    06:01

Zaitsev Rule

  • Hofmann product
    02:39
  • Defining Zaitsev’s Rule
    01:18
  • Zaitsev product
    07:01

Oxidation of Alcohols

  • Reagents
    01:52
  • Strong oxidizing agents
    05:53
  • Strong oxidizing agents
    03:40

Oxidizing and Reducing Agents

  • Distinguishing between Oxidation and Reduction
    00:54
  • Distinguishing between Oxidation and Reduction
    01:18
  • Distinguishing between Oxidation and Reduction
    00:54

pKa Values

  • Identifying pKa values
    07:45
  • The 12 pKa values you want to memorize (because they are important!).
    09:36

Thiol Reactions

  • The mechanism of Disulfide Synthesis.
    02:55
  • The mechanism of Sulfide Synthesis.
    03:21