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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).
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General chemistry review
A review of hybrid orbitals, dot structures, electronegativity, and polarity
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Organic structures and acid/base
bond-line structures, functional groups, formal charges, resonance structures, oxidation and reduction, acid/base chemistry
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Alkanes and cycloalkanes
naming alkanes and cycloalkanes, conformations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, and free radical reactions
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Stereochemistry
chirality, stereoisomers, assigning absolute configuration using the R,S system, optical activity, diastereomers, meso compounds, fischer projections
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Substitution and elimination reactions
SN1, SN2, E1, E2, nucleophiles, nucleophilicity, basicity
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Alkenes and alkynes
naming alkenes and alkynes, reactions of alkenes and alkynes, synthesis
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Alcohols, ethers, epoxides, sulfides
alcohols, ethers, epoxides, thiols, sulfides
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Conjugation, Diels-Alder, and MO theory
conjugation, conjugated dienes, addition reactions of conjugated dienes, diels-alder reaction, MO theory, color
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Aromatic compounds
aromatic compounds, naming derivatives of benzene, electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
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Aldehydes and ketones
nomenclature and reactions of aldehydes and ketones
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Carboxylic acids and derivatives
naming carboxylic acids, formation of carboxylic acid derivatives
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Amines
nomenclature and reactions of amines
Organic chemistry
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Organic chemistry
- Community Questions
- Topics
- General chemistry review
- Organic structures and acid/base
- Alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Stereochemistry
- Substitution and elimination reactions
- Alkenes and alkynes
- Alcohols, ethers, epoxides, sulfides
- Conjugation, Diels-Alder, and MO theory
- Aromatic compounds
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic acids and derivatives
- Amines
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