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Organic Chemistry Study Guide: Alkenes, Alkynes, Alcohols, Amines, Ethers, Epoxides, Thiols, and Aromaticity

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General Mechanism – Addition Reaction

  • Provide the mechanism
    01:15
  • Features of Addition Mechanisms.
    05:39

Catalytic Hydrogenation and Wilkinson's Catalyst

  • General properties of catalytic hydrogenation.
    05:21

Carbocation Intermediates – Stability

  • Determining Carbocation Stability
    05:58
  • Predicting the most stable carbocation
    01:21

Alpha Carbons and Tautomerization

  • Tautomerization Mechanisms
    05:11
  • Unusual Acidity of the Alpha Carbon
    01:51

Alkenes, Alkynes and Alcohols

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

Alkyne Hydrohalogenation

  • Double hydrohalogenation of alkynes.
    02:20
  • General properties of double addition reactions to alkynes.
    01:01

Naming Alcohols

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

Alcohol Nomenclature

  • Provide the correct common and IUPAC name.
    01:49
  • How to name polyols.
    01:47
  • Provide the correct common and IUPAC name.
    00:59

Introduction to Substitution

  • Predict the product
    05:55
  • Nucleophiles and Electrophiles can react in Bronsted-Lowry Reactions.
    05:01
  • Nucleophiles and Electrophiles can react in Substitution Reactions.
    01:47

Epoxide Ring Opening

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

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 Amines

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

Acid and Base Definitions

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

Reactions of Thiols

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

Aromaticity - Introduction

  • Intro to Aromaticity
    08:19

Carbocation Intermediates – Stability

  • Determining Carbocation Stability
    05:58
  • Predicting the most stable carbocation
    01:21

pKa Values

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

Introduction to Conjugation

  • Conjugated states
    03:27
  • Definition of Conjugation
    05:29
  • Review of Common Resonance Structures
    04:50

Diels-Alder Reaction - General Features

  • General Features
    09:48

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – Reactions

  • EAS Reactions Overview
    11:50

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – General Mechanism

  • EAS General Mechanism
    06:52
  • EAS Review
    03:07