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Alkynes: Structure, Properties, Preparation, and Reactions

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Alkynide Synthesis

  • Predict the major product.
    03:25
  • Provide the reagents needed
    04:17
  • Predict the major product.
    05:09

Alkyne Hydrohalogenation

  • Double hydrohalogenation of alkynes.
    02:20
  • General properties of double addition reactions to alkynes.
    01:01

Alkyne Hydration

  • Vinyl alcohols yield tautomers.
    03:51
  • Markovnikov addition of alcohols yields ketones.
    03:29

Hydrogenation of Alkynes

  • Using Dissolving Metal Reduction or Lindlar’s Catalyst to turn alkynes to alkenes.
    06:08
  • Using Catalytic hydrogenation or Wilkinson’s Catalyst to turn alkynes to alkanes.
    03:46
  • The definition of hydrogenation.
    00:48

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

E2 Mechanism

  • Understanding the properties of E2.
    04:42
  • Drawing the E2 Mechanism.
    09:36
  • Rank reactivity toward E2
    02:03

SN2 Reaction

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

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

  • EAS General Mechanism
    06:52
  • EAS Review
    03:07