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Nomenclature - Crash Course Chemistry
Ever feel like there's a international team of bad guys changing all of the easily remembered chemical names and turning them into test-failing, number-infused, pain in the neck names? Well... you're not wrong. IUPAC exists but try to...
SciShow
10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes
Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones
Crash Course
Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry
All the magic that we know is in the transfer of electrons. Reduction (gaining electrons) and oxidation (the loss of electrons) combine to form Redox chemistry, which contains the majority of chemical reactions. As electrons jump from...
SciShow
Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap?
It's the controversy that plagues dinner tables the world over. Cilantro tastes like soap to some people, but they may not just be picky. It could be genetic.
MinuteEarth
Why Are There Dangerous Ingredients in Vaccines
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some key words/phrases to get your googling started: -adjuvant: substance added to a vaccine to enhance the body's immune response and increase the vaccine's efficacy...
Crash Course
An Overview of Aldehydes and Ketones: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Ketones and aldehydes are all around and inside us, from the strong smelling component of nail polish remover, acetone, to hormones in our bodies, to drug treatments for allergies, COVID-19, and even cancer! We’ve already learned a bit...
Crash Course
Aldehyde and Ketone Reactions - Hydrates, Acetals, & Imines: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
We’ve already learned the basics of carbonyl chemistry and talked about how we can synthesize aldehydes and ketones, but there’s still so much more to learn, like the role carbonyl groups play in reactions involving sedatives! In this...
Professor Dave Explains
Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds With Periodic Acid
Just as important as learning reactions that generate carbon-carbon bonds, we need ways to cleave carbon-carbon bonds as well.This is useful for splitting a molecule up into fragments, or transforming a cyclic molecule into a linear...
Professor Dave Explains
Biginelli Reaction
With the Passerini and Ugi reactions down, let's learn one more multi-component reaction, the Biginelli reaction. Developed by Pietro Biginelli in 1891, this reaction produces pyrimidine derivatives. What's the mechanism? What are the...
Catalyst University
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
Catalyst University
Catabolism of Aminomuconate Semialdehyde to Glutaryl-S-CoA
Catabolism of Aminomuconate Semialdehyde to Glutaryl-S-CoA
Professor Dave Explains
Vilsmeier Reaction
What's a formylation? The introduction of a formyl group, of course. This refers to a way to make aldehydes. The Vilsmeier reaction is one such method, developed in 1927. Let's get a look at this reaction, its mechanism, and the...
Professor Dave Explains
Hemiacetals, Acetals, and Imines
An introduction to hemiacetal, acetal, and imine functional groups.
Catalyst University
Weak C-O Bond Oxidations With PCC, DMP, etc.
Weak C-O Bond Oxidations With PCC, DMP, etc.
Professor Dave Explains
Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis
Amino acids, nature makes them, and humans have been making them as well since 1850. The first lab synthesis of amino acids was reported by Adolph Strecker, so it's called the Strecker amino acid synthesis, and despite being so ancient...
The Backyard Scientist
Marquis Reagent Synthesis and testing of Promethazine, modifinil, methylphenidate + more!
I show how to make the marquis reagent from formaldehyde and sulfuric acid, and preform tests on modifinil, promethazine, tizanidine, ritilin (methylphenidate), acetominiphen, and aspirin.
Catalyst University
Omega Oxidation for Fatty Acids
In this video, we discuss the omega oxidation pathway for medium chain fatty acids and what happens to them afterward.
Professor Dave Explains
Aldol Condensation
Introducing aldol condensation and enolate chemistry in general.
Catalyst University
Glutamate Semialdehyde Catabolism to Oxoglutarate
Glutamate Semialdehyde Catabolism to Oxoglutarate
Catalyst University
Schiff Base Chemistry 2 Monoamine Oxidase
Schiff Base Chemistry 2 Monoamine Oxidase
Catalyst University
Steroidogenesis | The Biosynthesis of Steroids from Cholesterol
In this video, we examine the conversion of cholesterol to all of the major steroid classes: progestogens, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.