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Ethers, Epoxides, Thiols, and Sulfides: Structure, Properties, and Reactions

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Naming Ethers

  • 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

Preparation of Organometallics

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

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

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 Reactions

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

Halohydrin

  • Halohydrin Mechanism
    04:48
  • General properties of halohydrin formation.
    01:44

Thiol Reactions

  • The mechanism of Disulfide Synthesis.
    02:55
  • The mechanism of Sulfide Synthesis.
    03:21