Chemistry 51A: Organic Chemistry
UC Irvine - Chemistry 51A: Organic Chemistry (Fall 2009). This consists of 29 video lectures given by
Professor James Nowick. This course covers topics such as bonding and structures, acids and bases, organic molecules
and functional groups, alkanes, stereochemistry, organic reactions, Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution,
Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions, and other various topics.
| Lecture 01 - Introduction - Excerpt |
| Lecture 02 - Ch. 1. Syllabus and Introduction |
| Lecture 03 - Ch. 1. Bond Polarity, Formal Charge, Lewis Structures |
| Lecture 04 - Ch. 1. Resonance Structures, Skeletal Structures, Bond Length |
| Lecture 05 - Ch. 1. Orbital Models of Structure and Bonding |
| Lecture 06 - Ch. 1. Molecular Geometry, Ch. 2. Acids and Bases |
| Lecture 07 - Ch. 2. Acid Strength and Equilibria |
| Lecture 08 - Ch. 2. Lewis Acids, Lewis Bases, and Organic Reaction Mechanisms |
| Lecture 09 - Ch. 3. Organic Compounds and Functional Groups |
| Lecture 10 - Ch. 3. Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Amines |
| Lecture 11 - Ch. 3. Carbonyl Compounds, Intermolecular Forces |
| Lecture 12 - Ch. 4. Introduction to Alkanes |
| Lecture 13 - Ch. 4. Nomenclature of Alkanes, Conformations of Ethane |
| Lecture 14 - Ch. 4. Conformations of Butane and Cycloalkanes |
| Lecture 15 - Ch. 4. Conformations of Cyclohexane |
| Lecture 16 - Ch. 5. Introduction to Stereochemistry |
| Lecture 17 - Ch. 5. Assigning Tetrahedral Stereogenic Centers |
| Lecture 18 - Ch. 5. Meso Compounds |
| Lecture 19 - Ch. 5. Properties of Chiral Compounds |
| Lecture 20 - Ch. 6. Introduction to Understanding Organic Reactions |
| Lecture 21 - Ch. 6. Energy Diagrams, Transition States, and Reaction Rates |
| Lecture 22 - Ch. 6. Energetics of Reactions |
| Lecture 23 - Ch. 7. Introduction to Alkyl Halides and Nuceophilic Substitution |
| Lecture 24 - Ch. 7. Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN2 Reactions |
| Lecture 25 - Ch. 7. Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN1 Reactions |
| Lecture 26 - Ch. 7. Properties of Electrophiles, Leaving Groups, and Nucleophiles |
| Lecture 27 - Ch. 8. Elimination Reactions. Introduction to E2 Reactions |
| Lecture 28 - Ch. 8. Regiochemical and Stereochemical Course of E2 Reactions |
| Lecture 29 - Ch. 8. E1 Reactions, Comparison of SN1, SN1, E1, and E2 Reactions |