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Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols: Nomenclature, Acidity, Synthesis, and Related Sulfur Compounds

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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

Acidity of Phenols

  • O,P-positions vs. Meta-Positions
    02:48
  • Identify the most acidic phenol
    00:52
  • Identify the most acidic phenol
    02:27

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

pKa Values

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

Factors Affecting Acidity

  • Which of the oxides is the most basic?
    00:30
  • The 3 factors that determine the strength of inductive effects.
    03:09
  • Using Inductive Effect to determine acidity
    01:54

Nucleophilic Addition

  • Nucleophilic Addition
    08:27

Preparation of Organometallics

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

Reactions of Organometallics

  • Reactions of Organometallics
    13:40

Organometallic Cumulative Practice

  • Intro to Predict the Product
    00:24
  • Intro to Retrosynthesis
    00:22

Intro to Redox

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

Reduction

  • Intro
    00:15
  • Reducing Agents
    09:28

Reactions of Thiols

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