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CHEM-2300
uWindsor
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
2 min1. Introduction - Structure and Bonding
2hr2. The Simplest Organic Molecules - The Hydrocarbons
50min2.2.1. IUPAC Systematic Naming Theory15 min2.2.2. Example: Converting Names to Structures2 min2.2.3. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.2.4. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.2.5. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.2.6. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.2.7. Summary Sheet: IUPAC Naming
3. Reactions - Basic Principles
1.1hr3.2.1. Factors Influencing Acid/Base Strength2 min3.2.2. Electronegativity1 min3.2.3. Atom Size2 min3.2.4. Resonance3 min3.2.5. Hybridization3 min3.2.6. Induction3 min3.2.7. Aromaticity3 min3.2.8. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min3.2.9. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min3.2.10. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min3.2.11. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min
3.3.1. Important pKas You Should Know4 min3.3.2. Relationship Between pH and pKa2 min3.3.3. Amino Acids at Different pHs3 min3.3.4. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min3.3.5. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min3.3.6. Summary Sheet: Amino Acids in Solution of Various pH3.3.7. Summary Sheet: pKa's of Common Molecules
4. The Shapes of Organic Molecules - Stereochemistry
1.5hr5. Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Alkenes/Alkynes
2.3hr6. Nucleophilic Substitution and Stereochemistry
1.4hr7. Alcohols, Ethers, and Alkyl Halides
1.2hr8. Carbonyl Chemistry - Aldehydes and Ketones
2.9hr8.4.1. General Reactions with Oxygen Nucleophiles5 min8.4.2. Hydrate Formation1 min8.4.3. Acetal Formation2 min8.4.4. Ketal Formation2 min8.4.5. Hydrolysis of Acetals and Ketals3 min8.4.6. General Mechanism with Oxygen Nucleophiles9 min8.4.7. Stability of Hemiketals and Hemiacetals3 min8.4.8. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min8.4.9. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min8.4.10. Example: Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Ketals and Acetals1 min8.4.11. Practice: Mechanism in Acetal and Ketal Formation3 min8.4.12. Practice: Identifying Acetals/Aldehydes2 min
8.6.1. Tautomerization8 min8.6.2. Enolate Formation3 min8.6.3. Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Enolates5 min8.6.4. The Aldol Reaction3 min8.6.5. Mechanism of the Aldol Reaction5 min8.6.6. The Retro-Aldol Reaction1 min8.6.7. Mixed Aldol Reactions5 min8.6.8. Example: The Aldol Reaction4 min8.6.9. Practice: The Aldol Reaction2 min
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