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CHM249H1
U of T
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
2 min1. The Basics (Lewis Structures, Bonding, VSEPR)
1.6hr2. Intro to Orgo (Functional Groups, Drawing, Naming)
50min2.5.1. IUPAC Systematic Naming Theory15 min2.5.2. Example: Converting Names to Structures2 min2.5.3. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.4. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.5. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.6. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.7. Summary Sheet: IUPAC Naming
3. Stereochemistry & Isomers
1.5hr4. Structure Elucidation (IR Spectroscopy, NMR, Mass Spectrometry)
1.9hr5. Kinetics
2hr5.3.1. Rate Laws2 min5.3.2. Example: Determining Reaction Order44 sec5.3.3. Determining the Rate Law From Experimental Data 10 min5.3.4. Shortcut to Find Units of k Quicker 3 min5.3.5. Practice: Experimental Rate Law 6 min5.3.6. Practice: Determining Rate Law Exponents5.3.7. Practice: Rate Law1 min5.3.8. Practice: Units of the Rate Constant, K5 min
5.8.1. Reactions Mechanisms – Elementary Reactions4 min5.8.2. Example: Reactions Mechanisms – Elementary Steps5.8.3. Rate Determining Step Introduction 5 min5.8.4. Example: Rate Determining Step14 min5.8.5. Practice: Rate of A Reaction5.8.6. Practice: Reaction Coordinate Diagram4 min5.8.7. Practice: Mechanism
6. Spontaneity and Gibbs Free Energy
20min7. Acid/Base Chemistry & Intro to Organic Reactions
56min7.2.1. Factors Influencing Acid/Base Strength2 min7.2.2. Electronegativity1 min7.2.3. Atom Size2 min7.2.4. Resonance3 min7.2.5. Hybridization3 min7.2.6. Induction3 min7.2.7. Aromaticity3 min7.2.8. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min7.2.9. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min7.2.10. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min7.2.11. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min
7.3.1. Important pKas You Should Know4 min7.3.2. Relationship Between pH and pKa2 min7.3.3. Amino Acids at Different pHs3 min7.3.4. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min7.3.5. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min7.3.6. Summary Sheet: Amino Acids in Solution of Various pH7.3.7. Summary Sheet: pKa's of Common Molecules
8. Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Alkenes/Alkynes
2.3hr9. Aromaticity (Arenes)
48min10. Nucleophilic Substitutions and Elimination Reactions
1.4hr11. Radical Reactions
30min12. Organic Chemistry of Other Biological Molecules (*coming soon)
13. Chemistry of Amines
18min14. Reduction and Oxidation Reactions
42min15. Aldehydes and Ketones (Addition to Carbonyls/Reactivity of Enolates)
1.9hr15.4.1. General Reactions with Oxygen Nucleophiles5 min15.4.2. Hydrate Formation1 min15.4.3. Acetal Formation2 min15.4.4. Ketal Formation2 min15.4.5. Hydrolysis of Acetals and Ketals3 min15.4.6. General Mechanism with Oxygen Nucleophiles9 min15.4.7. Stability of Hemiketals and Hemiacetals3 min15.4.8. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min15.4.9. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min15.4.10. Example: Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Ketals and Acetals1 min15.4.11. Practice: Mechanism in Acetal and Ketal Formation3 min15.4.12. Practice: Identifying Acetals/Aldehydes2 min
15.6.1. Tautomerization8 min15.6.2. Enolate Formation3 min15.6.3. Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Enolates5 min15.6.4. The Aldol Reaction3 min15.6.5. Mechanism of the Aldol Reaction5 min15.6.6. The Retro-Aldol Reaction1 min15.6.7. Mixed Aldol Reactions5 min15.6.8. Example: The Aldol Reaction4 min15.6.9. Practice: The Aldol Reaction2 min
16. Carbohydrates
56min16.3.1. Carbohydrate Reactions: Formation of Glycosidic Bonds4 min16.3.2. Carbohydrate Reactions: Hydrolysis of Glycosidic Bonds1 min16.3.3. Carbohydrate Reactions: Reducing Sugars2 min16.3.4. Practice: Carbohydrates in Solution1 min16.3.5. Example: Tollen's Reagent and Reducing Sugars1 min16.3.6. Example: Identifying Reducing Sugars2 min16.3.7. Example: Ketoses with the Tollen's Test3 min
17. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Nucleophilic Acyl Substitutions)
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Wizeprep's course notes with hundreds of easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and practice problems.