Going out in the sun can work wonders for your mood, but unfortunately too much UV exposure can do serious damage to your DNA. This damage occurs through a type of organic reaction called a pericyclic reaction. In this episode of Crash...

Alkenes are an important type of molecule in organic chemistry that we’re going to see a lot more of in this series. But before we can really get into the many cool reactions alkenes do, we need to go over some of the basics. In this...

Did you know that the fishier a fish smells, the longer it’s been out of the water? This is due to a chemical called trimethylamine, which is an amine, the class of organic compounds we’re discussing in this episode! Although they tend...

We’ve talked about benzene a bit already in this series, but did you know that benzene rings are present in all kinds of familiar substances? The styrofoam packaging that comes with new appliances, some pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and...

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...

When we discussed basic information regarding homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, we mentioned hydrogenation of alkenes in both of these contexts. Now let's get more specific and describe the mechanism of this precise catalysis in...

Geometrical isomerism (cis-trans isomerism) occurs in molecules with restricted rotation around a bond, typically a double bond or within a ring system. In such isomers, substituents are arranged differently in space. In the cis isomer,...

In this video you'll learn:<br/>
- Two methods <br/>of cracking
- How to write a balanced<br/> equation for cracking
- What an alkene is, a<br/>nd how they diff<br/>er from an alkane
- The test for alkenes
- The properties of alkenes

This video covers:

- The idea that the carbon-carbon double bond can break, which allows the carbons to bond to new a
toms
- How alkenes react with hydrogen to fo
rm alkanes
- How alkenes react with water to
form...

An introduction to retrosynthetic analysis.

In the previous tutorial we learned about carbenes. So now that we understand their properties, we are ready to learn about what we can do with them. Three major uses of carbenes involve cyclopropanation, C-H insertion, and the...

Examining halohydrin formation.

Looking at situations where multiple possible elimination products are possible, and labeling them as Zaitsev or Hofmann based on relative degrees of substitution.

Catabolism of Glutaryl-S-CoA to Acetyl-S-CoA

How to assign absolute configuration to alkenes.

An introduction to the diels-alder reaction.

Anti-Markovnikov Hydrohalogenation

Beta Oxidation 1

Using regioselective enolization to introduce the concept of thermodynamic vs. kinetic control.

TCA Cycle 2

The video discusses the process of cracking hydrocarbons and why it is necessary, as the heavier fractions of crude oil are not in high demand compared to the lighter fractions which are highly demanded for use as fuels and starting...

The nugget discusses chemical and physical properties of alkenes and lists the uses of alkenes.

We've seen that KMnO4 can oxidize alcohols and aldehydes to give carboxylic acids and ketones, but this reagent can also oxidize alkenes. The product(s) will be different depending on whether we use cold basic conditions or hot acidic...

Markovnikov versus Anti-Markovnikov Additions