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The Basics of Organic Nomenclature S01E02

Language is complicated, especially in organic chemistry. This episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry is all about nomenclature. We'll dive into IUPAC systematic naming of organic molecules, and get to practice with the help of three trusty steps!



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1
What Is Organic Chemistry?
10
Polarity, Resonance, and Electron Pushing
11
Acidity
12
Nucleophiles and Electrophiles
13
Intro to Reaction Mechanisms
14
E/Z Alkenes, Electrophilic Addition, & Carbocations
15
Thermodynamics and Energy Diagrams
16
Alkene Addition Reactions
17
Alkene Redox Reactions
18
Alkyne Reactions & Tautomerization
19
Radical Reactions & Hammond's Postulate
2
The Basics of Organic Nomenclature
20
Intro to Substitution Reactions
21
Substitution Reactions - SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms
22
E1 and E2 Reactions
23
Determining SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions
24
Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides
25
Synthesis and Column Chromatography
26
How to Identify Molecules - Proton NMR
27
An Overview of Aldehydes and Ketones
28
Organometallic Reagents and Carbanions
29
Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines
3
More Organic Nomenclature: Heteroatom Functional Groups
30
Carboxylic Acids
31
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives & Hydrolysis Reactions
32
Interconversion and Organometallics
33
Chemoselectivity and Protecting Groups
34
Retrosynthesis and Liquid-Liquid Extraction
35
Polymer Chemistry
36
Aromaticity, Hückel's Rule, and Chemical Equivalence in NMR
37
Intro to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
38
More EAS - Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups
39
More EAS & Benzylic Reactions
4
3D Structure and Bonding
40
Synthesis, Distillation, & Recrystallization
41
Conjugation & UV-Vis Spectroscopy
42
The Diels-Alder & Other Pericyclic Reactions
43
Enols and Enolates - Reactivity, Halogenation, and Alkylation
44
The Aldol and Claisen Reactions
45
Crossed Aldol Reactions, Enones, and Conjugate Addition
46
Amines
47
Diazonium Salts & Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
48
Biochemical Building Blocks & Fischer and Haworth Projections
49
Biological Polymers
5
IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
50
Medicinal Chemistry and Penicillin Total Synthesis
6
Alkanes
7
Cyclohexanes
8
Stereochemistry
9
More Stereochemical Relationships
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