Recorded lectures and video for all subjects within the Organic I Curriculum by David Tompkins.
1. Hybridization and Structural Analysis
2. Resonance
3. Covalent Bonding: Lewis Structures, Resonance Contributors, Formal Charge, and Bond Order
4. Lewis Structures, Bonding, Hybridization, Resonance, and Geometry
5. Structure, Bond Order, Formal Charge, Oxidation State & Resonance
6. Acid-Base: An Organic Perspective
7. Acid-Base: Application
8. Acid-Base: Application II
9. Conformational Analysis & Newman Projections I
10. Conformational Analysis & Newman Projections II
11. Conformational Analysis & Newman Projections III
12. Converting Newman Projections to Line-Angle Formulas
13. Newman Projections & IUPAC Nomenclature
14. Converting Line-Angle Formulas to Newman Projections
15. Conformations of Cyclohexane
16. Drawing Chair Conformations
17. The Chair Flip
18. Disubstituted Cyclohexanes & Stability
19. Newman Projections of Cyclohexanes
20. Strain & Stability of Cycloalkanes
21. Isomerism: Conformational, Constitutional, and Configurational
22. Stereocenters and Achiral Stereoisomers
23. Chiral Stereocenter (Asymmetric Center) Identification
24. Absolute Configuration of Asymmetric Centers (R vs. S)
25. Stereochemical Relationships
26. Meso Compounds & Chiral vs. Achiral Compounds
27. Total Optical and Geometric Stereoisomeric Counts
28. Isomeric Relationships
29. Stereochemistry
30. Stereochemistry and Conformational Analysis
31. IUPAC Nomenclature & Stereochemistry
32. Degrees of Unsaturation
33. Alkene Stability
34. The Reaction Coordinate Diagram
35. Alkene Reactions: Intro
36. Resonance: Application
37. Alkene Reactions: Regioselectivity
38. Alkene Reactions: Carbocations
39. Acid-Catalyzed Additions to Alkenes
40. Reaction Stereochemistry with Carbocation Intermediates
41. Alkene Reactions: Bridge Intermediate
42. Alkene Reactions: Oxymercuration
43. Alkene Reactions: Hydrogenation
44. Alkenes: Hydroboration-Oxidation
45. Alkene Reactions: Epoxidation
46. Alkenes: Dihydroxylation and Ozonolysis
47. Alkyne Reactions: Intro
48. Alkynes: Addition of HX
49. Alkynes: Bridge Intermediates
50. Alkynes: Mercury-Catalyzed Hydration
51. Alkynes: Hydroboration-Oxidation
52. Alkynes: Reduction
53. Alkynes: Acetylide Ions
54. Alkynes: Synthesis
55. Dienes and Delocalization
56. Conjugated Dienes: MO’s, 1,2/1,4 Additions, and K vs. T
57. Conjugated Dienes: Diels Alder
58. Aromaticity: Intro
59. Aromatic Compounds
60. Frost Diagrams
61. Aromaticity: Concepts
62. SN2
63. Amine Synthesis via SN2
64. SN1 and Competition between SN1 and SN2
65. Solvents: Intro
66. Solvents: Effects on Reaction Dynamics
67. E1: Unimolecular Elimination
68. E2: Bimolecular Elimination
69. Alcohol Substitution
70. Activation & Substitution of Alcohols
71. Alcohol Elimination
72. Acid-Catalyzed Hydration & Dehydration
73. Alcohol Substitution & Synthesis
74. Alcohol Oxidation
75. Ether Formation and Cleavage
76. Ethers: Reactions & Synthesis
77. Synthesis via Alkenes, Alkynes, Alcohols, and Ethers
78. Epoxides: Excellent Synthons
79. Organometallics I
80. Organometallics II
81. Structure & Stability of Radicals
82. Alkane Halogenation
83. Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions
84. Addition of HBr: Regioselectivity
85. NBS: Allylic & Benzylic Bromination & Synthesis
86. Radical Reactions
87. Reaction Selectivity
88. Cumulative Synthesis
89. Synthesis
90. Alkyl, Allyl, Vinyl, Aryl, and Benzyl Reactivities
91. Allylic & Benzylic Reactivity towards SN1
92. Allylic, Benzylic, and Phenolic Acidity
93. Allylic & Benzylic Carbanions
94. Allylic & Benzylic Reactivity towards SN2
95. 1H NMR: Chemical Shift
96. 1H NMR: Topicity & Equivalence
97. 1H NMR: Chemical Equivalence
98. 1H NMR: Integration
99. 1H NMR: Splitting
100. 1H NMR: Solving Spectra: Techniques
101. 1H NMR: Structural Elucidation I
102. 1H NMR: Structural Elucidation II
103. 1H NMR: Structural Elucidation III
104. 1H NMR: Structural Elucidation IV
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