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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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Structure and bonding

Dot structures, hybridization, bond-line structures, electronegativity, polarity, physical properties

Resonance and acid-base chemistry

functional groups, formal charges, resonance structures, oxidation and reduction, acid-base chemistry

Alkanes and cycloalkanes

naming alkanes and cycloalkanes, conformations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, and free radical reactions

Stereochemistry

chirality, stereoisomers, assigning absolute configuration using the R,S system, optical activity, diastereomers, meso compounds

Substitution and elimination reactions

SN1, SN2, E1, E2, nucleophiles, nucleophilicity, basicity

Alkenes and alkynes

naming alkenes and alkynes, reactions of alkenes and alkynes, synthesis

Alcohols, ethers, epoxides, sulfides

alcohols, ethers, epoxides, thiols, sulfides

Conjugation, Diels-Alder, and MO theory

conjugation, conjugated dienes, addition reactions of conjugated dienes, diels-alder reaction, MO theory, color

Aromatic compounds

aromatic compounds, naming derivatives of benzene, electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions

Aldehydes and ketones

nomenclature and reactions of aldehydes and ketones

Carboxylic acids and derivatives

naming carboxylic acids, formation of carboxylic acid derivatives

Alpha carbon chemistry

formation of enolate anions, aldol condensations

Amines

nomenclature and reactions of amines

Spectroscopy

IR, UV/Vis, and NMR Spectroscopy
Organic chemistry
Conjugation, Diels-Alder, and MO theory
conjugation, conjugated dienes, addition reactions of conjugated dienes, diels-alder reaction, MO theory, color
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Addition reactions of conjugated dienes

In this tutorial, Jay shows the possible products for an addition to a conjugated diene and how the end product can be controlled by changing the reaction conditions.

Diels-Alder reaction

In this tutorial, Jay shows the mechanism, stereochemistry, and regiochemistry for the classic Diels-Alder reaction.

Molecular orbital theory

In this tutorial, Jay introduces molecular orbital (MO) theory and shows how MO theory explains the experimental observations of the Diels-Alder reaction.