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Lewis structure summary

TLC summary

Updated version of the TLC summary - now with added silica gel View fullsize

Valence Bond Theory and Hybrid Atomic Orbitals

Common Functional Groups

Naming simple organic molecules

Drawing simple organic molecules

Determining formal charges

Resonance Part 1

Resonance & the curly arrow

Polarity & Non-Covalent Interactions Part 1

Intermolecular interactions & Physical Properties

Intro to aromatics

An introduction to stereochemistry

Stereochemical descriptors

Periodic Table

Organic molecule isomer flowchart

Simplified Isomer Flowchart - for 1st Years

A 'pretty' isomer flowchart (or an attempt at least)

Conformation of simple alkanes

The conformation of cyclohexane

Stereochemical descriptors for Axes and Helices

Stereochemical descriptors for molecules with a stereogenic plane

A brief summary of equilibrium reactions

Le Chatelier's Principle Version 2

Le Chatelier's Principle Version 1

Animation Showing Effect of Adding Reactant View fullsize

Animation showing the effect of removing a reactant View fullsize

Animation showing the effect of heating an endothermic reaction View fullsize

Animation showing the effect of heating an exothermic reaction View fullsize

Animation showing the effect of changing the pressure on a reaction containing gas molecules View fullsize

Animation of ring-flipping in cyclohexane View fullsize

Acids, bases, pKa and pH

pKa Scale in Water

pKa scale in DMSO

Predicting Relative Acidity

pKa Scale in MeCN

Introduction to Chirality

Curly arrows and reaction mechanisms

Nucleophilic addition to aldehydes & ketones

Diastereoselective addition to Carbonyl

Condensation reactions of carbonyl group

Mechanism of condensation Reaction with lone pairs

Nucleophilic acyl substitution

Alkenes as nucleophiles Part 1 - mechanisms

Frontier orbitals & reactions of alkenes

Anti-Markovnikov addition of HBr and H2O to an alkene

Asymmetric Hydroboration both substrate and reagent control

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Summary

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Electrophilic aromatic substitution - directing effects

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution - Addition-Elimination

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 2 - Diazonium salts

Benzyne: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Summary of the Summaries of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Conjugate Addition

Collision Theory

Rates of reaction 2: Mechanisms

Substitution reactions (SN1 & SN2)

Elimination (E1 & E2)

Last Playlist

Summary of the four common UG mechanisms (SN1, SN2, E1, E2)

Formation of Enols and Their Reactions

Summary of enolate formation and simple reactions

Intro to the aldol reaction

Aldol-like reactions

Summary of Aldol-like Reactions Version 1

Summary of Aldol-like Reactions Version 2

Lithium enolates and enolate equivalents

Enamines - formation, reaction and hydrolysis

Lewis structure summary (reformatted)

Naming simple organic molecules

A table of organic functional groups View fullsize

Formal Charges View fullsize

An introduction to the Diels-Alder reaction.

Summary of Diels-Alder-like reactions

Lewis structure summary

TLC summary

Updated version of the TLC summary - now with added silica gel

Valence Bond Theory and Hybrid Atomic Orbitals

Common Functional Groups

Naming simple organic molecules

Drawing simple organic molecules

Determining formal charges

Resonance Part 1

Resonance & the curly arrow

Polarity & Non-Covalent Interactions Part 1

Intermolecular interactions & Physical Properties

Intro to aromatics

An introduction to stereochemistry

Stereochemical descriptors

Periodic Table

Organic molecule isomer flowchart

Simplified Isomer Flowchart - for 1st Years

A 'pretty' isomer flowchart (or an attempt at least)

Conformation of simple alkanes

The conformation of cyclohexane

Stereochemical descriptors for Axes and Helices

Stereochemical descriptors for molecules with a stereogenic plane

A brief summary of equilibrium reactions

Le Chatelier's Principle Version 2

Le Chatelier's Principle Version 1

Animation Showing Effect of Adding Reactant

Animation showing the effect of removing a reactant

Animation showing the effect of heating an endothermic reaction

Animation showing the effect of heating an exothermic reaction

Animation showing the effect of changing the pressure on a reaction containing gas molecules

Animation of ring-flipping in cyclohexane

Acids, bases, pKa and pH

pKa Scale in Water

pKa scale in DMSO

Predicting Relative Acidity

pKa Scale in MeCN

Introduction to Chirality

Curly arrows and reaction mechanisms

Nucleophilic addition to aldehydes & ketones

Diastereoselective addition to Carbonyl

Condensation reactions of carbonyl group

Mechanism of condensation Reaction with lone pairs

Nucleophilic acyl substitution

Alkenes as nucleophiles Part 1 - mechanisms

Frontier orbitals & reactions of alkenes

Anti-Markovnikov addition of HBr and H2O to an alkene

Asymmetric Hydroboration both substrate and reagent control

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Summary

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Electrophilic aromatic substitution - directing effects

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution - Addition-Elimination

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 2 - Diazonium salts

Benzyne: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Summary of the Summaries of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Conjugate Addition

Collision Theory

Rates of reaction 2: Mechanisms

Substitution reactions (SN1 & SN2)

Elimination (E1 & E2)

Last Playlist

Summary of the four common UG mechanisms (SN1, SN2, E1, E2)

Formation of Enols and Their Reactions

Summary of enolate formation and simple reactions

Intro to the aldol reaction

Aldol-like reactions

Summary of Aldol-like Reactions Version 1

Summary of Aldol-like Reactions Version 2

Lithium enolates and enolate equivalents

Enamines - formation, reaction and hydrolysis

Lewis structure summary (reformatted)

Naming simple organic molecules

A table of organic functional groups

Formal Charges

An introduction to the Diels-Alder reaction.

Summary of Diels-Alder-like reactions