Today I want to introduce you to one of my Study Hall members who took the MCAT on Friday August 5th. While every story is unique to the student in question, I know you’ll find many gold nuggets in reading about her struggles and triumphs. My Winding Road to Medicine I had wanted to be […]
Naming Aromatic Compounds
Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 20 This video and the following video will take you through the steps for naming aromatic compounds using their common names, as substituents off larger molecules, and as a parent molecule using ortho / meta / para. Click HERE for the Naming Aromatic Compounds Cheat Sheet (Watch on YouTube: Aromatics 1. […]
Naming Aromatic Compounds Part 2 Ortho Meta Para Substituents on Benzene
In the previous video, Part 1 of the Aromatic Nomenclature, you saw how to name Benzene molecules using IUPAC and common nomenclature for a substituted benzene. This tutorial video below, Part 2, will walk you through the IUPAC rules for naming disubstituted benzene compounds using ortho meta and para. (Watch on YouTube: Aromatics 2. Click […]
Phenol Resonance and Acidity Organic Chemistry Video
Phenol is a unique alcohol due to having a benzene ring and associated resonance. This video walks you through phenol resonance structures to help you understand how resonance impacts its acidity. Examples include comparing phenol to acetic acid as well as the impact of substituents on the ring like nitrophenol. (Watch on YouTube: Phenol Resonance/Acidity. Click […]
How To Avoid Blanking Out On Your Final Exams
Weeks of preparation, countless hours of study and sleepless nights all boil down to this one exam. You’ve studied and prepared in every way you could. And you know you’re ready… Until you see your final exam. You attempt to read the first question… and you suddenly blank out! Somehow everything you’ve studied runs right […]
How To Avoid Organic Chemistry Study Burnout
Study burnout – the fatal flaw the strikes organic chemistry students It’s the week before your organic chemistry exam and you have five chapters to cover in seven days. Plenty of time, right? You set an ambitious schedule to cover a chapter a day for the first five days. Being the good student that you […]
Naming Branched Chain Alkanes
Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 3 This tutorial video takes you through the steps of naming branched chain alkanes using the IUPAC naming rules. A branched chain alkane is an organic molecule that has smaller carbon chains sticking out in the middle rather than having all carbons connected in a single row. Video includes a […]
Naming Cycloalkanes and Bicycloalkanes
Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 5 This tutorial video gives you a basic approach for naming cycloalkanes and bicycloalkanes using my ‘puzzle piece’ approach to IUPAC naming. Included are examples of simple cyclic compounds and substituted bicyclic organic compounds. (Watch on YouTube: Cycloalkanes. Click CC on bottom right for transcript.) <– Watch Previous Video: Naming […]
Naming Alkenes
Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 6 This tutorial video gives you a basic approach for naming alkenes which are molecules containing pi bonds. I approach this topic using my ‘puzzle piece’ approach to naming organic compounds. Included in this video are an alkene introduction including concept and calculation of hydrogen deficiency, followed by the rules […]
Naming Alkynes
Naming Organic Compounds Series: Video 7 This tutorial video shows you how to identify and name organic compounds containing a carbon to carbon triple bond. Examples including naming simple alkynes and naming alkynes with substituents using my puzzle piece approach to IUPAC nomenclature. (Watch on YouTube: Alkynes. Click CC on bottom right for transcript.) <– […]
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