Section: 8. Organic Chemistry-Some Basic Principles And Techniques | Chemistry - KhanAcademy

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  Tetravalency of Carbon: Shapes of Organic Compounds
  
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  Carbon as a building block of life Lesson
  
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  Silicon-based life Lesson
  
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  sp3 hybridized orbitals and sigma bonds Lesson
  
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  Pi bonds and sp2 hybridized orbitals Lesson
  
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  Structural Representations of Organic Compounds
  
  Select activity Representing structures of organic molecules
  
  
  
  Representing structures of organic molecules Lesson
  
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  Select activity Dot structures I: Single bonds
  
  
  
  Dot structures I: Single bonds Lesson
  
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  Dot structures II: Multiple bonds Lesson
  
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  Select activity Condensed structures
  
  
  
  Condensed structures Lesson
  
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  Bond-line structures Lesson
  
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  Three-dimensional bond-line structures Lesson
  
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  Tetrahedral bond angle proof Lesson
  
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  Classification of Organic Compounds
  
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  Functional groups Lesson
  
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  Homologous series Lesson
  
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  Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
  
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  Nomenclature of carbon compounds (Including functional groups) Lesson
  
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  Naming simple alkanes Lesson
  
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  Naming alkanes with alkyl groups Lesson
  
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  Select activity Correction - 2-propylheptane should never be the name!
  
  
  
  Correction - 2-propylheptane should never be the name! Lesson
  
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  Select activity Common and systematic naming: iso-, sec-, and tert- prefixes
  
  
  
  Common and systematic naming: iso-, sec-, and tert- prefixes Lesson
  
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  Select activity Naming alkanes with ethyl groups
  
  
  
  Naming alkanes with ethyl groups Lesson
  
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  Alkane with isopropyl group Lesson
  
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  Functional groups Lesson
  
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  More functional groups Lesson
  
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  Identifying functional groups Lesson
  
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  Organic chemistry naming examples 2 Lesson
  
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  Organic chemistry naming examples 3 Lesson
  
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  Select activity Naming a cycloalkane
  
  
  
  Naming a cycloalkane Lesson
  
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  Select activity Naming two isobutyl groups systematically
  
  
  
  Naming two isobutyl groups systematically Lesson
  
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  Organic chemistry naming examples 4 Lesson
  
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  Alkane and cycloalkane nomenclature I Lesson
  
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  Alkane and cycloalkane nomenclature II Lesson
  
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  Alkane and cycloalkane nomenclature III Lesson
  
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  Select activity Naming benzene derivatives introduction
  
  
  
  Naming benzene derivatives introduction Lesson
  
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  Isomerism
  
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  Isomers Lesson
  
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  Structural (constitutional) isomers Lesson
  
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  Fundamental Concepts in Organic Reaction Mechanism
  
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  Carbocation stability and rearrangements Lesson
  
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  Carbocation rearrangement practice Lesson
  
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  Identifying nucleophilic and electrophilic centers Lesson
  
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  Curly arrow conventions in organic chemistry Lesson
  
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  Nucleophilicity (Nucleophile Strength) Lesson
  
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  Nucleophilicity vs. Basicity Lesson
  
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  Select activity Intro to Electronic Effects (& why should I care ?)
  
  
  
  Intro to Electronic Effects (& why should I care ?) Lesson
  
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  The Inductive Effect Lesson
  
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  Inductive effect and stability of intermediates-Part 1 Lesson
  
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  Inductive effect and stability of reaction intermediates- Part 2 Lesson
  
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  Select activity Resonance structure
  
  
  
  Resonance structure Lesson
  
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  Resonance structure patterns Lesson
  
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  Select activity Resonance structures for benzene and the phenoxide anion
  
  
  
  Resonance structures for benzene and the phenoxide anion Lesson
  
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  Common mistakes when drawing resonance structures Lesson
  
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  Select activity Resonance structures and hybridization
  
  
  
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  Quantity of Resonating Structures vs Quality Lesson
  
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  Stability due to Resonance Lesson
  
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  +R & -R groups in Resonance Lesson
  
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  Relative strengths of different -R groups Lesson
  
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  Select activity Resonance due to Electron Donors in a Benzyl Cation
  
  
  
  Resonance due to Electron Donors in a Benzyl Cation Lesson
  
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  Select activity Effect of an electron withdrawing group in a benzyl cation
  
  
  
  Effect of an electron withdrawing group in a benzyl cation Lesson
  
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  Stability of a substituted benzyl anion Lesson
  
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  Worked ex - Resonance vs Inductive Effects Lesson
  
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  Hyperconjugation in a benzyl cation Lesson
  
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  Select activity Alkene stability
  
  
  
  Alkene stability Lesson
  
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  Heat of hydrogenation vs stability of alkenes Lesson
  
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  Worked ex : Resonance vs Hyperconjugation Lesson
  
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  Elimination vs substitution: reagent Lesson
  
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  Methods of Purification of Organic Compounds
  
  Select activity Simple and fractional distillations
  
  
  
  Simple and fractional distillations Lesson
  
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  Select activity Thin layer chromatography (TLC)
  
  
  
  Thin layer chromatography (TLC) Lesson
  
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  Select activity Calculating retention factors for TLC
  
  
  
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  Select activity Gas chromatography
  
  
  
  Gas chromatography Lesson
  
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8. Organic Chemistry-Some Basic Principles And Techniques

Section outline

Tetravalency of Carbon: Shapes of Organic Compounds

Structural Representations of Organic Compounds

Classification of Organic Compounds

Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

Isomerism

Fundamental Concepts in Organic Reaction Mechanism

Methods of Purification of Organic Compounds

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