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Aldehydes and Ketones: Structure, Nomenclature, Properties, and Reactions

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Aldehyde Nomenclature

  • Name the aldehyde
    01:34
  • Name the aldehyde
    03:17
  • Nomenclature
    03:11

Ketone Nomenclature

  • Name the ketone
    01:58
  • Nomenclature
    03:05
  • Name the ketone
    02:27

Acidity of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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

Physical Properties of Fatty Acids

  • Guided course
    Physical Properties of Fatty Acids Concept 1
    0:53
  • Guided course
    Physical Properties of Fatty Acids Example 2
    1:54
  • Guided course
    Physical Properties of Fatty Acids Example 1
    1:02

Infrared Spectroscopy

  • General Features of IR Spect
    16:04

1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - General Features

  • General NMR Features
    10:06

Mass Spect - Introduction

  • Equipment and Theory
    10:48
  • How to Read a Mass Spectrum
    01:25

Carbocation Intermediates – Stability

  • Determining Carbocation Stability
    05:58
  • Predicting the most stable carbocation
    01:21

Resonance Structures

  • How to draw a resonance hybrid.
    03:24
  • The rules you need for resonance:
    03:34
  • How to determine which structure is most stable.
    01:32

Acid and Base Definitions

  • Lewis vs. Bronsted-Lowry Definition
    07:46
  • The Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases.
    00:54
  • Equilibrium constant and conjugates.
    02:11

pKa Values

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

Hybridization

  • How carbon creates 4 partially-filled orbitals.
    02:53
  • Bond sites, hybridization, and intermediate orbitals
    04:58
  • Introduction to the reactive intermediates.
    02:47

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

Reactions of Organometallics

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Acetals

  • General Mechanism
    06:41

Hemiacetals

  • Acid-Catalzed Mechanism
    04:08
  • Base-Catalyzed Mechanism
    01:59
  • General Features
    03:34

Acetals as Protecting Groups

  • Protecting Groups
    02:44
  • Acetal Protecting Group
    04:29

Imines and Enamines

  • Imine Mechanism
    06:23
  • Enamine Mechanism
    06:25
  • General Reactions
    02:27

Wolff Kishner Reduction

  • Mechanism
    04:57
  • General Reaction
    02:26

Intro to Redox

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

Wittig Reaction

  • Box-Out Method and Full-Mechanism
    15:39

Oxidation

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

Oxidation of Phenols to Quinones

  • Guided course
    Oxidation of Phenols to Quinones Concept 2
    1:57
  • Guided course
    Oxidation of Phenols to Quinones Concept 1
    1:47
  • Guided course
    Oxidation of Phenols to Quinones Example 1
    3:00