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Comprehensive Guide to Organic Compound Classification and Nomenclature

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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

Sigma and Pi Bonds

  • Single bonds, double bonds, and triple bonds.
    06:00
  • Sigma bonds and pi bonds
    01:05
  • Sigma bonds and pi bonds
    00:59

Alkane Nomenclature

  • Naming the root chain
    01:02
  • Provide the IUPAC name for the following alkane
    07:08
  • The different parts of an IUPAC name
    03:43

Common Substituents

  • Name the following alkane
    02:33
  • Understanding Non-IUPAC Substituents
    06:42
  • Name the following alkane
    03:56

Cycloalkanes

  • Name the following alkane
    00:53
  • Determining Root Name
    00:18
  • Determining Root Name
    00:34

Alkenes, Alkynes and Alcohols

  • Name the following alkene
    02:04
  • How to name alkenes and alkynes
    01:55

Alkyl Halides

  • How to name alkyl halides
    01:52
  • Name the following alkyl halide
    01:58
  • Name the following alkyl halide
    03:53

Ether Nomenclature

  • How to name ethers using the IUPAC naming system.
    02:08
  • How to name ethers using the common naming system.
    01:32
  • Provide the correct common name of the following ether.
    01:22

Naming Alcohols

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

Naming Amines

  • Naming Primary Amines
    06:50
  • Primary Amines as Substituents
    02:58
  • Naming Secondary and Tertiary Amines
    01:57

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

Amide Nomenclature

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

Ester Nomenclature

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

Carboxylic Acid Nomenclature

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

Nitrile Nomenclature

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

Functional Groups

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

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

Solubility

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