Mechanism Sheet Videos
These are designed to help you understand various aspects of the material.
The Dude Asks the Most Important Question Chemistry
The Magnificent Victor Grignard
The "Incopperable" Henry Gilman
Gilman Reagents Explained (Note I mispoke at the 3 minute and 23 second mark, I said "the other alkyl group stays on the carbon atom" and I should have said "the other alkyl group stays on the copper atom")
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
Nomenclature: How to Name Structures
Cyclic Hemiacetals: Importance of Adding Numbers
Lewis Acid-Lewis Base Complexes, Dative Bonds
Vision and Terpenes Explained (Ice Day 1-31-23)
Geminal Diol and Chromic Acid Video (Ice Day 1-31-23)
Wolff-Kishner Mechanism Video (Ice Day 1-31-23)
Carbonyl Oxidation and Reduction Reactions in Synthesis (Ice Day 1-31-23)
Aminals and Reductive Amination (2nd Ice Day)
Keto-enol Tautomerization Mechanism (2nd Ice Day)
Alpha Halogenation Mechanism (2nd Ice Day)
Introduction to Carboxylic Acids (2nd Ice Day)
Reduction of Esters with LiAlH4
Click here for the first recorded module 3-21-24: Acetoester Synthesis
Click here for the second recorded module for 3-21-24: Malonic Ester Synthesis
Click here for the third recorded module for 3-21-24: Enamines
Beta-dicarbonyl enolate sterics
Balancing an equation for the Claisen reaction
Michael Jordan and David Robinson
What is up with -OH, -OEt and LDA in enolate reactions? (mistake on the last page edition)! Click here to see the corrected version of the -OH, -OEt and LDA in enolate reaction video
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
Carbohydrate Chemistry Module 1