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Crash Course Organic Chemistry

We'll tackle the notoriously complicated subject of organic chemistry, and hopefully have some fun along the way!

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What Is Organic Chemistry? 1-1

The Basics of Organic Nomenclature 1-2

More Organic Nomenclature: Heteroatom Functional Groups 1-3

3D Structure and Bonding 1-4

IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry 1-5

Alkanes 1-6

Cyclohexanes 1-7

Stereochemistry 1-8

More Stereochemical Relationships 1-9

Polarity, Resonance, and Electron Pushing 1-10

Acidity 1-11

Nucleophiles and Electrophiles 1-12

Intro to Reaction Mechanisms 1-13

E/Z Alkenes, Electrophilic Addition, & Carbocations 1-14

Thermodynamics and Energy Diagrams 1-15

Alkene Addition Reactions 1-16

Alkene Redox Reactions 1-17

Alkyne Reactions & Tautomerization 1-18

Radical Reactions & Hammond's Postulate 1-19

Intro to Substitution Reactions 1-20

Substitution Reactions - SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms 1-21

E1 and E2 Reactions 1-22

Determining SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions 1-23

Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides 1-24

Synthesis and Column Chromatography 1-25

How to Identify Molecules - Proton NMR 1-26

An Overview of Aldehydes and Ketones 1-27

Organometallic Reagents and Carbanions 1-28

Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines 1-29

Carboxylic Acids 1-30

Carboxylic Acid Derivatives & Hydrolysis Reactions 1-31

Interconversion and Organometallics 1-32

Chemoselectivity and Protecting Groups 1-33

Retrosynthesis and Liquid-Liquid Extraction 1-34

Polymer Chemistry 1-35

Aromaticity, Hückel's Rule, and Chemical Equivalence in NMR 1-36

Intro to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution 1-37

More EAS - Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups 1-38

More EAS & Benzylic Reactions 1-39

Synthesis, Distillation, & Recrystallization 1-40

Conjugation & UV-Vis Spectroscopy 1-41

The Diels-Alder & Other Pericyclic Reactions 1-42

Enols and Enolates - Reactivity, Halogenation, and Alkylation 1-43

The Aldol and Claisen Reactions 1-44

Crossed Aldol Reactions, Enones, and Conjugate Addition 1-45

Amines 1-46

Diazonium Salts & Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 1-47

Biochemical Building Blocks & Fischer and Haworth Projections 1-48

Biological Polymers 1-49

Medicinal Chemistry and Penicillin Total Synthesis 1-50