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Ethers, Epoxides, Conjugated Alkenes, and Cycloaddition Reactions: Mechanisms, Properties, and Spectroscopy

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Overview of Chemical Reactions

  • Recognizing Substitution Reactions.
    01:34
  • Recognizing Acid-Base Reactions.
    02:43
  • Recognizing Elimination Reactions.
    00:40

Cleavage of Ethers

  • How to predict the products of Ether Cleavage.
    04:22
  • Predict the product of the following reaction.
    03:44

Williamson Ether Synthesis

  • The Mechanism of Williamson Ether Synthesis.
    03:50

Oxymercuration-Reduction

  • Acid-catalyzed oxymercuration-reduction mechanism
    09:01
  • General properties of oxymercuration-reduction.
    05:

Hydroboration-Oxidation

  • General properties of hydroboration-oxidation.
    06:38
  • Acid-catalyzed hydroboration-oxidation mechanism
    06:14

Epoxidation

  • Halohydrins to epoxides via intramolecular SN2.
    02:26
  • General properties of epoxidation.
    02:19
  • The mechanism of how peroxy acids make epoxides.
    03:19

Epoxide Ring Opening

  • Base-Catalyzed Epoxide Ring-Opening
    04:44
  • Acid-Catalyzed Epoxide Ring-Opening
    04:34

Alkene Metathesis

  • Guided course
    Alkene Metathesis Example 1
    1:47
  • Guided course
    Alkene Metathesis Example 4
    1:41
  • Guided course
    Alkene Metathesis Example 2
    3:04

Diels-Alder Reaction - General Features

  • General Features
    09:48

Molecular Orbitals

  • Sigma bond vs. pi bond, which is stronger?
    03:25
  • What’s the difference between sigma and pi bonds?
    02:19
  • What’s the difference between atomic and molecular orbitals?
    11:25

Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory - Finding HOMO/LUMO

  • HOMO vs. LUMO
    02:35

Orbital Diagram:4-atoms- 1,3-butadiene

  • Alternative MO Notation for Dienes
    06:20
  • Drawing MO Diagram for Dienes
    04:43

Thermal Cycloaddition Reactions

  • Determining Favorability of HOMOb to LUMOa
    04:23
  • MO Theory of Thermal Cycloadditions
    13:22

UV-Vis Spectroscopy of Conjugated Alkenes

  • Guided course
    UV-Vis Spectroscopy of Conjugated Alkenes Concept 1
    1:56
  • Guided course
    UV-Vis Spectroscopy of Conjugated Alkenes Example 1
    1:33
  • Guided course
    UV-Vis Spectroscopy of Conjugated Alkenes Concept 2
    3:17

The UV-Vis Spectroscopy

  • Guided course
    The UV-Vis Spectroscopy Concept 2
    2:14
  • Guided course
    The UV-Vis Spectroscopy Concept 3
    1:44
  • Guided course
    The UV-Vis Spectroscopy Example 2
    2:00

Lewis Structure

  • Drawing the Lewis Structure for N2H4.
    04:12
  • How to use Organic Chemistry to make Lewis Structures easier.
    03:49

Formal Charges

  • Calculate the formal charges of ALL atoms.
    02:21
  • Calculating formal and net charge.
    01:34

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