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Organic Chemistry Mechanisms for Exam Preparation

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Acids and Bases

  • Lewis vs. Bronsted-Lowry Definition
    07:46
  • The Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases.
    00:54
  • Equilibrium constant and conjugates.
    02:11

Acid Base Equilibrium

  • The 3 steps for determining the direction of acid and base equilibrium.
    05:11
  • Determining Acid/Base Equilibrium
    04:00
  • Determining Acid/Base Equilibrium
    02:34

pKa

  • Identifying pKa values
    07:45
  • The 12 pKa values you want to memorize (because they are important!).
    09:36

Enolate

  • General Reactions
    02:28
  • Formation of Enolates
    02:26

Aldol Condensation

  • General Features
    11:07

Michael Addition

  • General Mechanism
    03:27
  • General Reaction
    02:34

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

Halogenation

  • Halogenation Mechanism
    03:45
  • General properties of halogenation.
    02:27

Grignard Reaction

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Wittig Reaction

  • Box-Out Method and Full-Mechanism
    15:39

Oxidizing and Reducing Agents

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