An Overview of Organic Chemistry Topics
What you'll learn
The basic topics of Organic Chemistry are covered in this course.
Each topic is covered in detail with examples and practice assignments for each lecture.
Introduction to Organic Chemistry
A Review of Chemical Bonding, Atomic Structure, Electron Configurations, Lewis Dot Structures, Molecular Geometry and Hybridization.
The Alkanes: Nomenclature, Structural Isomerism, Cyclic Alkanes and their Stability, Conformational Isomerism, Physical and Chemical Properties.
The Alkenes and Alkynes: Nomenclature including cis-trans and E-Z naming systems, Determining units of Unsaturation, Polymers, Physical and Chemical Properties.
Aromatic Compounds: Benzene Derivatives, Nomenclature, Chemical Properties and Orientation of Substitution.
Chirality: Stereoisomerism with one, more than one and similar chiral carbon atoms , Enantiomer, Measurement of Optical Activity, R and S Designations.
Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers and Thiols: Their nomenclature, physical and chemical properties, polyhydric and unsaturated alcohols.
Amines: Their structure and nomenclature, physical properties, their basicity and heterocyclic amines.
Aldehydes and Ketones: Structure, nomenclature, physical properties. Oxidation and Reduction reactions, Keto-Enol Tautomerism.
Carboxylic Acids: Structure and nomenclature, Physical properties, Acidity, Properties and Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acid Salts.
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, Preparation and Reactions of Esters, Acid Halides, Anhydrides and Amides.
Requirements
Completion of First Semester General Chemistry, ideally, the completion of both semesters of General Chemistry.
A desire and interest in learning Organic Chemistry.
Description
This course covers most of the basics of a first semester Organic Chemistry course that one might take as a nursing student, science major or pre-med student. Ideally, students should have taken a year of General Chemistry as a prerequisite, although just completing first semester of General Chemistry should be sufficient. Students in this course have access to ample supplemental material, all of which will be found in the Resource Folders. In addition to the 18.5 hours of lectures, downloadable audio mp3 files of each lecture are included. For nearly all lectures, a Practice Assignment where you can test your understanding of the material can be found in the Resource Folder. Also included is an answer key for each Practice Assignment. Any graphs, figures or tables presented in the lectures are also available as downloadable files. The content of this course is as extensive as both of my General Chemistry courses that are also available on Udemy.This course assumes that you have completed General Chemistry I and ideally General Chemistry II college courses. While you will not need to be familiar with all topics covered in those courses, you should have a good understanding of atomic structure, electron configuration, covalent bonding, electronegativity, Lewis Dot Structures, molecular geometry and hybridization. Being familiar with acid-base chemistry and equilibrium as it applies to acids and bases is a plus. Section 2 of this course gives a review of key General Chemistry topics needed for Organic Chemistry. Since this course covers only the basics of Organic Chemistry, spectroscopic techniques such as Infrared Spectroscopy, Chromatography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance are not covered. Anyone who is interested in learning about various aspects of Organic Chemistry may find this course beneficial, especially if you had no prior exposure to Organic Chemistry in your studies.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 What is Organic Chemistry?
Section 2: Bonding in Organic Chemistry, A Review
Lecture 2 Atoms and Molecules
Lecture 3 Atomic Numbers and Atomic Orbitals
Lecture 4 Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table
Lecture 5 Bonding
Lecture 6 Lewis Dot Structures
Lecture 7 Lewis Dot Structures for Multiple Bonds
Lecture 8 Hybridization
Section 3: The Alkanes
Lecture 9 Hydrocarbons
Lecture 10 Alkanes
Lecture 11 Structural Isomerism
Lecture 12 Cyclic Alkanes
Lecture 13 Lecture 13: Alkyl Groups
Lecture 14 Nomenclature of Alkanes
Lecture 15 Nomenclature of Alkyl Halides
Lecture 16 Nomenclature of Cyclic Alkanes
Lecture 17 Stereoisomerism of Cyclic Alkanes
Lecture 18 Conformational Isomerism
Lecture 19 Stability of Cyclic Alkanes
Lecture 20 Physical Properties of Alkanes
Lecture 21 Chemical Properties of Alkanes
Section 4: Alkenes and Alkynes
Lecture 22 Introduction to Alkenes and Alkynes
Lecture 23 Nomenclature of Alkenes and Alkynes
Lecture 24 cis-trans Isomerism of Alkenes
Lecture 25 E-Z System for Designation of Geometric Isomers
Lecture 26 Units of Unsaturation and Isomerism
Lecture 27 Physical Properties of Alkenes and Alkynes
Lecture 28 Chemical Properties of Alkenes
Lecture 29 Polymers
Lecture 30 Chemical Properties of Alkynes
Section 5: Aromatic Compounds
Lecture 31 Introduction to Aromatic Compounds - Benzene
Lecture 32 Benzene Derivatives
Lecture 33 Nomenclature of Aromatic Compounds
Lecture 34 Chemical Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Lecture 35 Orientation of Substitution
Section 6: Chirality
Lecture 36 Introduction to Chirality
Lecture 37 Stereoisomers with One Chiral Carbon Atom
Lecture 38 Expressing the Configuration of Enantiomers in Three Dimensions
Lecture 39 Comparing Representations of Enantiomers
Lecture 40 Measurement of Optical Activity
Lecture 41 Stereoisomers with Two Chiral Carbon Atoms
Lecture 42 Molecules with Two Similar Chiral Carbon Atoms
Lecture 43 Stereoisomers in Cyclic Compounds
Lecture 44 Specification of Configurations: R and S Designations
Lecture 45 Stereoisomers and Chemical Reactions
Section 7: Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Thiols
Lecture 46 Introduction to Functional Groups
Lecture 47 Structure and Nomenclature of Alcohols
Lecture 48 Polyhydric Alcohols
Lecture 49 Physical Properties of Alcohols
Lecture 50 Preparation of Alcohols
Lecture 51 Chemical Properties of Alcohols - Acidity
Lecture 52 Chemical Properties of Alcohols - Reactions
Lecture 53 Structure and Nomenclature of Phenols
Lecture 54 Physical and Chemical Properties of Phenols
Lecture 55 Structure and Nomenclature of Ethers
Lecture 56 Physical and Chemical Properties of Ethers
Lecture 57 Sulfur Analogues: Thiols and Sulfides
Section 8: Amines
Lecture 58 Structure of Amines
Lecture 59 Nomenclature of Amines
Lecture 60 Physical Properties of Amines
Lecture 61 Basicity of Amines
Lecture 62 Heterocyclic Amines
Section 9: Aldehydes and Ketones
Lecture 63 Introduction to Aldehydes and Ketones
Lecture 64 Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones
Lecture 65 Physical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones
Lecture 66 Some Important Aldehydes and Ketones
Lecture 67 Chemical Reactions: Oxidation
Lecture 68 Chemical Reactions: Addition
Lecture 69 Keto-Enol Tautomerism
Section 10: Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 70 Structure of Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 71 Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 72 Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 73 Acidity of Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 74 Nomenclature and Properties of Salts of Carboxylic Acids
Section 11: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Lecture 75 Structure and Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Lecture 76 Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Lecture 77 Preparation and Reactions of Esters
Lecture 78 Preparation and Reactions of Acid Halides, Anhydrides and Amides
Students who are planning to take Organic Chemistry at a 4-year college or university.,Anyone who has an interest in learning about Organic Chemistry
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