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Organic Chemistry Mechanisms for Test Preparation

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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

Acid-Base Properties of Amino Acids

  • Why Amino Acids Exist as Zwitterions
    04:41
  • Determining Predominant Forms
    07:57
  • Predicting Predominant Form of Lysine
    03:57

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

Radical Reaction

  • What are Radical Initiators?
    03:49
  • Heterolytic vs. Homolytic Bond Cleavage .
    04:39

Radical Stability

  • The radical stability trend.
    03:43
  • Determine which of the following radicals is the most stable.
    03:25

Radical Selectivity

  • Predict the Product.
    00:48
  • Predict the Product.
    01:02
  • Using the Hammond Postulate to describe radical chlorination.
    03:03

Alkyl Groups

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

Grignard Reaction

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Protecting Alcohols from Organometallics

  • Use of Protecting Groups
    04:34
  • Provide mechanism and final product of transformation.
    04:45

Wittig Reaction

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