Science & Economics
Organic chemistry
Sal and Jay cover topics covered in college organic chemistry course. Basic understanding of basic high school or college chemistry assumed (although there is some review).
Community Questions
11
General chemistry review
A review of hybrid orbitals, dot structures, electronegativity, and polarity
18
Organic structures and acid/base
bond-line structures, functional groups, formal charges, resonance structures, oxidation and reduction, acid/base chemistry
26
Alkanes and cycloalkanes
naming alkanes and cycloalkanes, conformations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, and free radical reactions
14
Stereochemistry
chirality, stereoisomers, assigning absolute configuration using the R,S system, optical activity, diastereomers, meso compounds, fischer projections
33
Substitution and elimination reactions
SN1, SN2, E1, E2, nucleophiles, nucleophilicity, basicity
28
Alkenes and alkynes
naming alkenes and alkynes, reactions of alkenes and alkynes, synthesis
26
Alcohols, ethers, epoxides, sulfides
alcohols, ethers, epoxides, thiols, sulfides
16
Conjugation, Diels-Alder, and MO theory
conjugation, conjugated dienes, addition reactions of conjugated dienes, diels-alder reaction, MO theory, color
13
Aromatic compounds
aromatic compounds, naming derivatives of benzene, electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
4
Aldehydes and ketones
nomenclature and reactions of aldehydes and ketones
7
Carboxylic acids and derivatives
naming carboxylic acids, formation of carboxylic acid derivatives
5
Amines
nomenclature and reactions of amines