Organic Chemistry I : A Beginner's Guide (Part 1)

Name: Organic Chemistry I : A Beginner's Guide (Part 1)
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The simplest way to understand organic chemistry

Created byMohamad Tabbara

Last updated 5/2022

English

What you'll learn

Learning about Bond formation
How hybridization happens
Alkanes, what are they, how can we synthesize them and their properties
Stereochemistry, how do we picture the molecule in space?
How to draw molecules as in space on paper.

Course content

5 sections • 19 lectures • 2h 21m total length

Orientation to course2:06
Explore the basics of organic chemistry in this beginner's guide, including hybridization and atomic structure, study alkane preparation and reactions with naming, mechanisms, physical properties, and finally cover stereochemistry.

Introduction to organic chemistry3:27
This video is only a simple introduction to organic chemistry. Also contains the entire lecture as pdf
Atom, molecules and Orbitals10:03
In this video I explained the following topics:
-What is the atom?
-What is the proton?
-What is the neutron?
-What is the electron?
-What are orbitals?
sp3 Hybridization and overlapping of orbitals8:53
Explore sp3 hybridization and orbital overlap, showing how carbon's s and p orbitals mix to form four sp3 orbitals with tetrahedral angles and rotatable bonds, enabling sigma bonds.
sp2 hybridization and overlapping of orbitals8:15
Explore sp2 hybridization and orbital overlap, showing how sigma bonds form from overlapping sp2 orbitals and pi bonds from overlapping p_y orbitals, with carbon–carbon double bonds and benzene as examples.
Resonance structures6:30
Inductive effect4:28
Describe the inductive effect as electron withdrawal along a carbon chain, diminishing with distance, and note electron withdrawing or donating groups, including carbonyls like aldehydes, ketones, esters, and hydroxy groups.

Introduction to alkanes4:35
Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons with only hydrogen and carbon, lacking double or triple bonds, found in petroleum and include soft paraffin used in creams.
IUPAC naming of alkanes and alkyl Halides12:17
Master IUPAC naming of alkanes by counting carbons, using prefixes and the -ane suffix, and selecting the longest chain for branched structures, with halide naming and common names noted.
IUPAC naming of cycloalkanes7:51
Master IUPAC naming of cycloalkanes and bicyclics by learning how to name cycloalkanes like cyclopropane and cyclohexane, apply substituent numbering, halogen prefixes, and bridge rules for bicyclic systems.
Physical properties of Alkanes3:41
Preparation methods of alkanes9:08
Explore catalytic hydrogenation of alkenes and alkynes to alkanes using a metal catalyst, and decarbonization of carboxylic acids with soda lime to methane, plus alkane synthesis from hydrogenated hydrocarbons.
Reactions of alkanes & Cycloalkanes12:21
Explore the chlorination of alkanes, detailing radical chain mechanisms, initiation, propagation, and termination. Compare primary, secondary, and tertiary carbon sites and chlorine selectivity in methane chlorination.

Introduction to stereochemistry5:39
Enantiomers & Diastereomers (Part 1)5:19
Explore enantiomers and diastereomers, two stereoisomers with the same connectivity but different spatial arrangement. Learn to visualize front, back, and on-plane bonds and understand mirror-image relationships and optical activity.
Enantiomers & Diastereomers (Part 2) optical activity15:55
Explore optical activity and how enantiomers and diastereomers rotate plane-polarized light, identify chiral centers, and apply R/S priority rules to determine stereochemistry.
Fischer projections4:24
Newman & Sawhorse conformation (Part 1)7:27
Explore how different conformations, including Newman and Sawhorse projections, represent the same molecule. Learn how to determine front and back carbons and orient substituents for accurate drawing.
Newman & Sawhorse conformation (Part 2)9:07
Explore Newman and Sawhorse conformations, compare eclipsed and staggered states, and analyze how rotation affects stability and energy barriers in molecules like methane and butane.

Requirements

None required

Description

Welcome to this course 'Organic Chemistry I : A Beginner's Guide'. This course is the first part in my course series of Fundamentals of organic chemistry, where you will learn the basics needed in organic chemistry and later in medicinal chemistry or also known as therapeutic chemistry. This course tackles three lectures only. The first lecture contains the following ideas: Introduction to the atom and subatomic particles, bond formation by hybridization (sp2 and sp3 only) and overlapping, resonance structures and inductive effect. The second lecture is about alkanes, where you will learn about alkane’s uses, IUPAC naming of alkanes and haloalkanes, synthesis of alkanes, their physical properties, and the reactions they usually do with other compounds and their respective mechanisms. And finally, the third lecture is about stereochemistry where you will learn all you need from scratch. You will learn about chirality and how to detect it, with S, R notation. You will learn how bonds are oriented in space, how to know dextro and levo with the polarized light, how to draw and analyze Sawhorse and Newman conformations in space with their energy, and how to differentiate between an Enantiomer and diastereomers in space. Also to more understand the concepts here, some exercises where added in the lectures for you to do and that is to increase your understanding of the concepts.

Who this course is for:

Pharmacy students
Chemistry students
Biochemistry students
Chemical engineers

Organic Chemistry I : A Beginner's Guide (Part 1)

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Course content

Orientation to course1 lecture • 2min

Introduction to organic chemistry6 lectures • 42min

Alkanes6 lectures • 50min

Stereochemistry & Chirality6 lectures • 48min

Practice Questions0

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