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Alcohols: Structure, Properties, Synthesis, and Reactions

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Naming Alcohols

  • How to name alcohols
    01:01
  • Name the following compound
    03:59
  • Old school vs. new school naming
    03:03

Solubility

  • Introducing common solvents and other molecules in organic chemistry.
    02:01
  • Understanding “like dissolves like”.
    01:47

Acidity of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  • Aromatic hydrocarbon acidity
    05:39
  • Comparing hydrocarbon acidity
    02:41
  • Determining hydrocarbon acitidy
    01:50

Preparation of Organometallics

  • Ruining Organometallics
    02:50
  • General Reaction
    12:21

Grignard Reaction

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Introduction to Substitution

  • Predict the product
    05:55
  • Nucleophiles and Electrophiles can react in Bronsted-Lowry Reactions.
    05:01
  • Nucleophiles and Electrophiles can react in Substitution Reactions.
    01:47

The SN2 Mechanism

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

Leaving Group Conversions - Using HX

  • Why do we need to convert Alcohol into a good leaving group?
    02:03
  • Using HX acids via SN2 reaction.
    02:16
  • Using HX acids via SN1 reaction.
    07:20

Leaving Group Conversions - SOCl2 and PBr3

  • Predict the mechanism of PBr3, and draw the final product.
    06:01
  • Learning the mechanism of SOCl2.
    07:18

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

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

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01

Alcohol Protecting Groups

  • General features of Alcohol Protecting Groups.
    03:01