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Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives: Structure, Reactivity, and Mechanisms

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Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

  • Intro to Nucleophilic Acyl Substituion
    04:06
  • Intro to Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
    03:50

Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution

  • NAS - The Three Rules
    09:32

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

Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis

  • General Mechanism
    02:38
  • General Reaction
    01:31

Fischer Esterification

  • General Mechanism
    04:08
  • General Reaction
    01:08

Saponification

  • Mechanism
    03:27

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

Review of Nitriles

  • Guided course
    Review of Nitriles Concept 7
    1:05
  • Guided course
    Review of Nitriles Concept 5
    0:42
  • Guided course
    Review of Nitriles Concept 1
    0:59