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Organic Chemistry 1

44 lessons · 361 glossary terms · 12 practice questions — Covers Structure and Bonding, Acid-Base Chemistry and Stereochemistry, and 6 more chapters.

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Structure and Bonding9 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Atomic Structure and Orbitals
  2. Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures
  3. Resonance and Delocalization
  4. Molecular Geometry and Hybridization
  5. Introduction to Hydrocarbons and Alkane Nomenclature
  6. Conformational Analysis of Alkanes
  7. Cycloalkanes and Ring Strain
  8. Conformations of Cyclohexane
  9. Alkene Structure and Nomenclature

Acid-Base Chemistry3 lessons

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  1. Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
  2. Structure-Acidity Relationships: ARIO
  3. Lewis Acids, Bases, Electrophiles, and Nucleophiles

Stereochemistry4 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Chirality and Stereocenters
  2. Enantiomers and the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog System
  3. Multiple Stereocenters, Diastereomers, and Meso Compounds
  4. Stereochemical Representations and Resolution

Reaction Mechanisms3 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Thermodynamics and Kinetics
  2. Nucleophiles, Electrophiles, and Reactive Intermediates
  3. Mechanisms and Arrow Pushing

Substitution and Elimination7 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Introduction to Alkyl Halides
  2. The SN2 Mechanism
  3. The SN1 Mechanism
  4. The E2 Mechanism
  5. The E1 Mechanism
  6. Predicting SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Products
  7. Preparation of Alkenes via Elimination

Alkene and Alkyne Chemistry9 lessons

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  1. Stability of Alkenes
  2. Electrophilic Addition
  3. Halogenation and Halohydrin Formation
  4. Hydration Without Rearrangements
  5. Catalytic Hydrogenation
  6. Alkene Oxidation and Cleavage
  7. Structure and Nomenclature of Alkynes
  8. Preparation of Alkynes
  9. Reactions of Alkynes

Radical Chemistry5 lessons

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  1. Free Radicals
  2. Radical Mechanisms
  3. Halogenation of Alkanes
  4. Allylic Bromination
  5. Radical Addition of HBr to Alkenes

Synthesis Foundation3 lessons

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  1. Retrosynthetic Analysis
  2. Changing the Carbon Skeleton
  3. Changing Functional-Group and Pi-Bond Position

High-yield review1 lesson

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  1. Organic Chemistry I — High-Yield Review