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Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives: Structure, Nomenclature, Synthesis, and Reactions

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COOH Derivatives and Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution

  • Intro to Nucleophilic Acyl Substituion
    04:06
  • Intro to Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
    03:50

Carboxylic Acid Nomenclature

  • Give the IUPAC name
    02:03
  • Carboxylic Acids Nomenclature
    04:20

Ester Nomenclature

  • Draw the molecule
    01:28
  • Name the structure
    01:10
  • Ester Nomenclature
    02:39

Nitrile Nomenclature

  • Name the structure
    00:50
  • Nitrile Nomenclature
    01:01
  • Draw the molecule
    00:28

Amide Nomenclature

  • Amide Nomenclature
    01:33
  • Name the molecule
    02:46
  • Draw the amide
    01:28

Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution – The Three Rules

  • NAS - The Three Rules
    09:32

Specific Carboxylic Acid Conversions

  • Synthesis of Acid Chlorides
    01:36
  • Hydrolysis of Nitriles
    01:11
  • Synthesis of Amides
    02:32

Fischer Esterification – Mechanism

  • General Mechanism
    04:08
  • General Reaction
    01:08

Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis – Mechanism

  • General Mechanism
    02:38
  • General Reaction
    01:31

Base-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis – Mechanism

  • Mechanism
    03:27

Base-Catalyzed Transesterificaation – Mechanism

  • General Mechanism
    02:27
  • General Reaction
    02:49

Lactones, Lactams and Cyclization Reactions

  • Lactones and Lactams
    05:19
  • Cyclic Anhydrides and Imides
    03:35
  • Cyclization Reaction
    01:33

Reactions of Organometallics

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Intro to Redox

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

Reduction

  • Intro
    00:15
  • Reducing Agents
    09:28

Aldehyde Via Reducing Agents

  • LiAl(ot-Bu)3H on Acid Chlorides
    01:42
  • Why LiAlH4 doesn't work
    02:07
  • DIBAL-H on Esters and Nitriles
    02:10

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

Preparation of Organometallics

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