Table of contents
- 1. A Review of General Chemistry
- Summary
 - Intro to Organic Chemistry
 - Atomic Structure
 - Wave Function
 - Molecular Orbitals
 - Sigma and Pi Bonds
 - Octet Rule
 - Bonding Preferences
 - Formal Charges
 - Skeletal Structure
 - Lewis Structure
 - Condensed Structural Formula
 - Degrees of Unsaturation
 - Constitutional Isomers
 - Resonance Structures
 - Hybridization
 - Molecular Geometry
 - Electronegativity
 
 - 2. Molecular Representations
 - 3. Acids and Bases
 - 4. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
- IUPAC Naming
 - Alkyl Groups
 - Naming Cycloalkanes
 - Naming Bicyclic Compounds
 - Naming Alkyl Halides
 - Naming Alkenes
 - Naming Alcohols
 - Naming Amines
 - Cis vs Trans
 - Conformational Isomers
 - Newman Projections
 - Drawing Newman Projections
 - Barrier To Rotation
 - Ring Strain
 - Axial vs Equatorial
 - Cis vs Trans Conformations
 - Equatorial Preference
 - Chair Flip
 - Calculating Energy Difference Between Chair Conformations
 - A-Values
 - Decalin
 
 - 5. Chirality
- Constitutional Isomers vs. Stereoisomers
 - Chirality
 - Test 1:Plane of Symmetry
 - Test 2:Stereocenter Test
 - R and S Configuration
 - Enantiomers vs. Diastereomers
 - Atropisomers
 - Meso Compound
 - Test 3:Disubstituted Cycloalkanes
 - What is the Relationship Between Isomers?
 - Fischer Projection
 - R and S of Fischer Projections
 - Optical Activity
 - Enantiomeric Excess
 - Calculations with Enantiomeric Percentages
 - Non-Carbon Chiral Centers
 
 - 6. Thermodynamics and Kinetics
 - 7. Substitution Reactions
 - 8. Elimination Reactions
 - 9. Alkenes and Alkynes
 - 10. Addition Reactions
- Addition Reaction
 - Markovnikov
 - Hydrohalogenation
 - Acid-Catalyzed Hydration
 - Oxymercuration
 - Hydroboration
 - Hydrogenation
 - Halogenation
 - Halohydrin
 - Carbene
 - Epoxidation
 - Epoxide Reactions
 - Dihydroxylation
 - Ozonolysis
 - Ozonolysis Full Mechanism
 - Oxidative Cleavage
 - Alkyne Oxidative Cleavage
 - Alkyne Hydrohalogenation
 - Alkyne Halogenation
 - Alkyne Hydration
 - Alkyne Hydroboration
 
 - 11. Radical Reactions
 - 12. Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides and Thiols
- Alcohol Nomenclature
 - Naming Ethers
 - Naming Epoxides
 - Naming Thiols
 - Alcohol Synthesis
 - Leaving Group Conversions - Using HX
 - Leaving Group Conversions - SOCl2 and PBr3
 - Leaving Group Conversions - Sulfonyl Chlorides
 - Leaving Group Conversions Summary
 - Williamson Ether Synthesis
 - Making Ethers - Alkoxymercuration
 - Making Ethers - Alcohol Condensation
 - Making Ethers - Acid-Catalyzed Alkoxylation
 - Making Ethers - Cumulative Practice
 - Ether Cleavage
 - Alcohol Protecting Groups
 - t-Butyl Ether Protecting Groups
 - Silyl Ether Protecting Groups
 - Sharpless Epoxidation
 - Thiol Reactions
 - Sulfide Oxidation
 
 - 13. Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
 - 14. Synthetic Techniques
 - 15. Analytical Techniques:IR, NMR, Mass Spect
- Purpose of Analytical Techniques
 - Infrared Spectroscopy
 - Infrared Spectroscopy Table
 - IR Spect:Drawing Spectra
 - IR Spect:Extra Practice
 - NMR Spectroscopy
 - 1H NMR:Number of Signals
 - 1H NMR:Q-Test
 - 1H NMR:E/Z Diastereoisomerism
 - H NMR Table
 - 1H NMR:Spin-Splitting (N + 1) Rule
 - 1H NMR:Spin-Splitting Simple Tree Diagrams
 - 1H NMR:Spin-Splitting Complex Tree Diagrams
 - 1H NMR:Spin-Splitting Patterns
 - NMR Integration
 - NMR Practice
 - Carbon NMR
 - Structure Determination without Mass Spect
 - Mass Spectrometry
 - Mass Spect:Fragmentation
 - Mass Spect:Isotopes
 
 - 16. Conjugated Systems
- Conjugation Chemistry
 - Stability of Conjugated Intermediates
 - Allylic Halogenation
 - Reactions at the Allylic Position
 - Conjugated Hydrohalogenation (1,2 vs 1,4 addition)
 - Diels-Alder Reaction
 - Diels-Alder Forming Bridged Products
 - Diels-Alder Retrosynthesis
 - Molecular Orbital Theory
 - Drawing Atomic Orbitals
 - Drawing Molecular Orbitals
 - HOMO LUMO
 - Orbital Diagram:3-atoms- Allylic Ions
 - Orbital Diagram:4-atoms- 1,3-butadiene
 - Orbital Diagram:5-atoms- Allylic Ions
 - Orbital Diagram:6-atoms- 1,3,5-hexatriene
 - Orbital Diagram:Excited States
 - Pericyclic Reaction
 - Thermal Cycloaddition Reactions
 - Photochemical Cycloaddition Reactions
 - Thermal Electrocyclic Reactions
 - Photochemical Electrocyclic Reactions
 - Cumulative Electrocyclic Problems
 - Sigmatropic Rearrangement
 - Cope Rearrangement
 - Claisen Rearrangement
 
 - 17. Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
 - 18. Aromaticity
 - 19. Reactions of Aromatics: EAS and Beyond
- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
 - Benzene Reactions
 - EAS:Halogenation Mechanism
 - EAS:Nitration Mechanism
 - EAS:Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Mechanism
 - EAS:Friedel-Crafts Acylation Mechanism
 - EAS:Any Carbocation Mechanism
 - Electron Withdrawing Groups
 - EAS:Ortho vs. Para Positions
 - Acylation of Aniline
 - Limitations of Friedel-Crafts Alkyation
 - Advantages of Friedel-Crafts Acylation
 - Blocking Groups - Sulfonic Acid
 - EAS:Synergistic and Competitive Groups
 - Side-Chain Halogenation
 - Side-Chain Oxidation
 - Reactions at Benzylic Positions
 - Birch Reduction
 - EAS:Sequence Groups
 - EAS:Retrosynthesis
 - Diazo Replacement Reactions
 - Diazo Sequence Groups
 - Diazo Retrosynthesis
 - Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
 - Benzyne
 
 - 20. Phenols
 - 21. Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition
- Naming Aldehydes
 - Naming Ketones
 - Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
 - Oxidation of Alcohols
 - Ozonolysis
 - DIBAL
 - Alkyne Hydration
 - Nucleophilic Addition
 - Cyanohydrin
 - Organometallics on Ketones
 - Overview of Nucleophilic Addition of Solvents
 - Hydrates
 - Hemiacetal
 - Acetal
 - Acetal Protecting Group
 - Thioacetal
 - Imine vs Enamine
 - Addition of Amine Derivatives
 - Wolff Kishner Reduction
 - Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
 - Acid Chloride to Ketone
 - Nitrile to Ketone
 - Wittig Reaction
 - Ketone and Aldehyde Synthesis Reactions
 
 - 22. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS
- Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
 - Naming Carboxylic Acids
 - Diacid Nomenclature
 - Naming Esters
 - Naming Nitriles
 - Acid Chloride Nomenclature
 - Naming Anhydrides
 - Naming Amides
 - Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
 - Carboxylic Acid to Acid Chloride
 - Fischer Esterification
 - Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis
 - Saponification
 - Transesterification
 - Lactones, Lactams and Cyclization Reactions
 - Carboxylation
 - Decarboxylation Mechanism
 - Review of Nitriles
 
 - 23. The Chemistry of Thioesters, Phophate Ester and Phosphate Anhydrides
 - 24. Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon
- Tautomerization
 - Tautomers of Dicarbonyl Compounds
 - Enolate
 - Acid-Catalyzed Alpha-Halogentation
 - Base-Catalyzed Alpha-Halogentation
 - Haloform Reaction
 - Hell-Volhard-Zelinski Reaction
 - Overview of Alpha-Alkylations and Acylations
 - Enolate Alkylation and Acylation
 - Enamine Alkylation and Acylation
 - Beta-Dicarbonyl Synthesis Pathway
 - Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
 - Malonic Ester Synthesis
 
 - 25. Condensation Chemistry
 - 26. Amines
 - 27. Heterocycles
- Nomenclature of Heterocycles
 - Acid-Base Properties of Nitrogen Heterocycles
 - Reactions of Pyrrole, Furan, and Thiophene
 - Directing Effects in Substituted Pyrroles, Furans, and Thiophenes
 - Addition Reactions of Furan
 - EAS Reactions of Pyridine
 - SNAr Reactions of Pyridine
 - Side-Chain Reactions of Substituted Pyridines
 
 - 28. Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharide
 - Monosaccharides - D and L Isomerism
 - Monosaccharides - Drawing Fischer Projections
 - Monosaccharides - Common Structures
 - Monosaccharides - Forming Cyclic Hemiacetals
 - Monosaccharides - Cyclization
 - Monosaccharides - Haworth Projections
 - Mutarotation
 - Epimerization
 - Monosaccharides - Aldose-Ketose Rearrangement
 - Monosaccharides - Alkylation
 - Monosaccharides - Acylation
 - Glycoside
 - Monosaccharides - N-Glycosides
 - Monosaccharides - Reduction (Alditols)
 - Monosaccharides - Weak Oxidation (Aldonic Acid)
 - Reducing Sugars
 - Monosaccharides - Strong Oxidation (Aldaric Acid)
 - Monosaccharides - Oxidative Cleavage
 - Monosaccharides - Osazones
 - Monosaccharides - Kiliani-Fischer
 - Monosaccharides - Wohl Degradation
 - Monosaccharides - Ruff Degradation
 - Disaccharide
 - Polysaccharide
 
 - 29. Amino Acids
- Proteins and Amino Acids
 - L and D Amino Acids
 - Polar Amino Acids
 - Amino Acid Chart
 - Acid-Base Properties of Amino Acids
 - Isoelectric Point
 - Amino Acid Synthesis: HVZ Method
 - Synthesis of Amino Acids: Acetamidomalonic Ester Synthesis
 - Synthesis of Amino Acids: N-Phthalimidomalonic Ester Synthesis
 - Synthesis of Amino Acids: Strecker Synthesis
 - Reactions of Amino Acids: Esterification
 - Reactions of Amino Acids: Acylation
 - Reactions of Amino Acids: Hydrogenolysis
 - Reactions of Amino Acids: Ninhydrin Test
 
 - 30. Peptides and Proteins
- Peptides
 - Primary Protein Structure
 - Secondary Protein Structure
 - Tertiary Protein Structure
 - Disulfide Bonds
 - Quaternary Protein Structure
 - Summary of Protein Structure
 - Intro to Peptide Sequencing
 - Peptide Sequencing: Partial Hydrolysis
 - Peptide Sequencing: Partial Hydrolysis with Cyanogen Bromide
 - Peptide Sequencing: Edman Degradation
 - Merrifield Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis
 
 - 31. Catalysis in Organic Reactions
 - 32. Lipids
 - 33. The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways
- Intro to Metabolism
 - ATP and Energy
 - Intro to Coenzymes
 - Coenzymes in Metabolism
 - Energy Production in Biochemical Pathways
 - Intro to Glycolysis
 - Catabolism of Carbohydrates: Glycolysis
 - Glycolysis Summary
 - Pyruvate Oxidation (Simplified)
 - Anaerobic Respiration
 - Catabolism of Fats: Glycerol Metabolism
 - Intro to Citric Acid Cycle
 - Structures of the Citric Acid Cycle
 - The Citric Acid Cycle
 
 - 34. Nucleic Acids
 - 35. Transition Metals
- Electron Configuration of Elements
 - Coordination Complexes
 - Ligands
 - Electron Counting
 - The 18 and 16 Electron Rule
 - Cross-Coupling General Reactions
 - Heck Reaction
 - Stille Reaction
 - Suzuki Reaction
 - Sonogashira Coupling Reaction
 - Fukuyama Coupling Reaction
 - Kumada Coupling Reaction
 - Negishi Coupling Reaction
 - Buchwald-Hartwig Amination Reaction
 - Eglinton Reaction
 - Catalytic Allylic Alkylation
 - Alkene Metathesis
 
 - 36. Synthetic Polymers
- Introduction to Polymers
 - Chain-Growth Polymers
 - Radical Polymerization
 - Cationic Polymerization
 - Anionic Polymerization
 - Polymer Stereochemistry
 - Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
 - Copolymers
 - Step-Growth Polymers
 - Step-Growth Polymers: Urethane
 - Step-Growth Polymers: Polyurethane Mechanism
 - Step-Growth Polymers: Epoxy Resin
 - Polymers Structure and Properties
 
 
10. Addition Reactions
Epoxidation