Crash Course Organic Chemistry
By CrashCourse
- Course audio
- Course audio: English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 51 lessons · 10.6 hours
What you'll be able to do
- Name organic molecules and recognise functional groups
- Read basic IR and mass spectra
- Explain how organic chemistry builds biological molecules
About this course
CrashCourse's 50-episode organic chemistry series, each episode about 12 to 14 minutes with clear animations. It starts with what organic chemistry is and the basics of nomenclature, then covers heteroatom functional groups, 3D structure and bonding, IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, and goes on through stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, aromatic compounds and carbonyl chemistry, ending with biochemical building blocks, Fischer and Haworth projections, biological polymers and the total synthesis of penicillin. A lively overview that works well before or alongside a full FSc, A Level or university organic course.
Syllabus
51 lessons · 10:34:37 in total
- 1Crash Course Organic Chemistry Preview3:34
- 2What Is Organic Chemistry?: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #110:16
- 3The Basics of Organic Nomenclature: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #212:48
- 4More Organic Nomenclature: Heteroatom Functional Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #312:24
- 53D Structure and Bonding: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #414:33
- 6IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #513:51
- 7Alkanes: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #611:51
- 8Cyclohexanes: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #714:09
- 9Stereochemistry: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #814:35
- 10More Stereochemical Relationships: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #912:48
- 11Polarity, Resonance, and Electron Pushing: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1011:46
- 12Acidity: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1111:18
- 13Nucleophiles and Electrophiles: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1212:08
- 14Intro to Reaction Mechanisms: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1312:43
- 15E/Z Alkenes, Electrophilic Addition, & Carbocations: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1414:02
- 16Thermodynamics and Energy Diagrams: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1511:12
- 17Alkene Addition Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1612:53
- 18Alkene Redox Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1711:09
- 19Alkyne Reactions & Tautomerization: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1811:56
- 20Radical Reactions & Hammond's Postulate: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #1912:01
- 21Intro to Substitution Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2012:07
- 22Substitution Reactions - SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2112:19
- 23E1 and E2 Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2213:58
- 24Determining SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2313:31
- 25Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2412:30
- 26Synthesis and Column Chromatography: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2511:37
- 27How to Identify Molecules - Proton NMR: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2611:27
- 28An Overview of Aldehydes and Ketones: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2711:34
- 29Organometallic Reagents and Carbanions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2810:59
- 30Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #2913:30
Show all 51 lessons
- 31Carboxylic Acids: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3011:36
- 32Carboxylic Acid Derivatives & Hydrolysis Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3112:27
- 33Carboxylic Acid Derivatives - Interconversion & Organometallics: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3211:48
- 34Chemoselectivity and Protecting Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3311:30
- 35Retrosynthesis and Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3412:45
- 36Polymer Chemistry: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3513:15
- 37Aromaticity, Hückel's Rule, and Chemical Equivalence in NMR: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3613:31
- 38Intro to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3712:01
- 39More EAS - Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3811:29
- 40More EAS & Benzylic Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #3912:20
- 41Synthesis, Distillation, & Recrystallization: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4013:58
- 42Conjugation & UV-Vis Spectroscopy: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4113:03
- 43The Diels-Alder & Other Pericyclic Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4213:01
- 44Enols and Enolates - Reactivity, Halogenation, and Alkylation: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4312:20
- 45The Aldol and Claisen Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4412:35
- 46Crossed Aldol Reactions, Enones, and Conjugate Addition: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4513:13
- 47Amines: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4612:11
- 48Diazonium Salts & Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4714:09
- 49Biochemical Building Blocks & Fischer and Haworth Projections: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4813:15
- 50Biological Polymers: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #4914:30
- 51Medicinal Chemistry and Penicillin Total Synthesis: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #5014:11
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