Markovnikov And His Anti-Brother
By now, you are probably settling into your organic chemistry class. And you have most likely met Markovnikov…and his brother anti-Markovnikov. It can sometimes be hard to tell them apart. …
Structural Isomers – How to determine Cis- and Trans-Alkenes
Molecular Formula and Drawing Structural Isomers For each molecular formula, there is the possibility for multiple structural isomers to be drawn. In the video below, I show that there are …
Naming Alkene Part 2 – How to Make Nomenclature Easy
Naming More Complicated Alkenes In Naming Alkenes Part 1, we went over a simple alkene structure. Now, we are going to add a bit more complexity… Below is a recap of …
Naming Alkenes Part 1- How to Make Nomenclature Easy
Naming Alkenes – A simple approach Naming structures is not my favorite thing to do. However, there is an easy way of figuring it out. In this video, I walk …
Resonance in Organic Chemistry – Part 2
Resonance in Organic Chemistry – Part 2 I recognize the last video (Resonance-Part 1) got a bit ‘messy’ towards the end; therefore, I decided to put this video together to …
Resonance in Organic Chemistry-Part 1
Resonance in Organic Chemistry I show how you can use the electrons to visually see what is going on during resonance. Obviously, this is much more involved than simple …
A Double bond…Is this two single bonds?
What is a Double Bond? When we look at a double bond, we can clearly see that there are two lines between the two atoms. However, are both those lines …
How to Determine ALL Products From an E1 Reaction
The Key Is The The Carbocation I had a student ask if I could make up an E1 question that incorporates many different products. Well, here it is… Since we know …