Organic Chemistry Lecture Recordings

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Fall 2009

Summer 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2009 Audio and video recordings (and podcast subscriptions) can be accessed here.
	Chemistry 14C	Chemistry 14D
September 25	Course Introduction	Course Introduction
September 28	Molecular Structure: Introduction and Review	Ionic Substitution: S_N2
September 30	Resonance	Ionic Substitution: S_N2
October 2	Conjugated Molecules	Ionic Substitution: S_N2
October 5	Conjugated Molecules	Ionic Substitution: S_N2
October 7	Introduction to Aromaticity	Carbocations
October 9	Stereochemistry	Ionic Substitution: S_N1
October 12	Stereochemistry	Ionic Substitution: S_N1
October 14	Biomolecules Survey Part 1: Carbohydrates	Elimination Reactions
October 16	Mass Spectrometry	Elimination Reactions
October 19	Mass Spectrometry	Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds
October 21	Infrared Spectroscopy	Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds
October 23	Infrared Spectroscopy	Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds
October 26	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy	Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
October 28	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy	Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
October 30	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy	Radicals
November 2	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy Solving Spectroscopy Problems	Radicals
November 4	Solving Spectroscopy Problems	Carbonyl Chemistry: Fundamentals
November 6	¹³C-NMR, 2D-NMR, and MRI	Carbonyl Chemistry: Fundamentals
November 9	X-ray Crystallography	Carbonyl Chemistry: Survey of Reactions and Mechanisms
November 11	Veterans Day Holiday - Campus closed - No recordings
November 13	Exam 2 Q&A	Carbonyl Chemistry: Survey of Reactions and Mechanisms
November 16	Noncovalent Molecular Forces	Carbonyl Chemistry: Survey of Reactions and Mechanisms
November 18	Noncovalent Molecular Forces	Carbonyl Chemistry: Survey of Reactions and Mechanisms
November 20	Introduction to Structure and Reactivity: Organic Acids and Bases	Enolates, Enols, and Enamines
November 23	Introduction to Structure and Reactivity: Organic Acids and Bases	Enolates, Enols, and Enamines
November 25	Biomolecules Survey Part 2: Lipids	Organic Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals
November 27	Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Campus closed - No recordings
November 30	Biomolecules Survey Part 3: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins	Organic Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals
December 2	Biomolecules Survey Part 4: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids	Organic Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals
December 4	Final Exam Q&A	Organic Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals

Chemistry 30A - Summer 2009
June 22	Course Introduction Bonding and Structure of Organic Molecules No recording - technical or organic malfunction
June 24	Molecular Geometry and Hybrid Orbitals Molecular Representations, Nomenclature, and Isomers
June 26	Molecular Flexibility: Acyclic Molecules Molecular Flexibility: Cyclic Molecules
June 29	Stereochemistry: Part 1 Stereochemistry: Part 2 Due to an organic malfunction, an alternate version of the second hour recording (same content) is posted.
July 1	Resonance Introduction to Structure and Reactivity - Acids and Bases: Part 1
July 3	Campus closed - no recording
July 6	Exam 1 - no recording
July 8	Introduction to Structure and Reactivity - Acids and Bases: Part 2 Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N2: Part 1
July 10	Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N2: Part 2 Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N2: Part 3
July 13	Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N2: Part 4 Carbocations Last two minutes not recorded; reviewed on Wednesday
July 15	Carbocations (concluded) and Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N1: July 15 until the microphone battery failed Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N1: From a previous quarter part 1 Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N1: From a previous quarter part 2 Ionic Substitution Reactions - S_N1: From a previous quarter part 3
July 17	Elimination Reactions: Part 1 Elimination Reactions: Part 2
July 20	Exam 2 - no recording
July 22	Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds: Part 1 Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds: Part 2
July 24	Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds: Part 3 Addition Reactions of Carbon-Carbon Pi Bonds: Part 4
July 27	Radicals: Part 1 Radicals: Part 2
July 29	Radicals: Part 3 Final Exam Q&A
July 31	Final exam - no recording

Chemistry 14C - Spring 2009 Recordings are almost identical for 10 AM and 11 AM lectures
March 30	Course Introduction
April 1	Molecular Structure: Introduction and Review
April 3	Resonance
April 6	Conjugated Molecules
April 8	Conjugated Molecules
April 10	Introduction to Aromaticity
April 13	Stereochemistry
April 15	Stereochemistry
April 17	Biomolecules Survey Part 1: Carbohydrates
April 20	Mass Spectrometry
April 22	Mass Spectrometry
April 24	Infrared Spectroscopy
April 27	Infrared Spectroscopy
April 29	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy
May 1	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy
May 4	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy
May 6	¹H-NMR Spectroscopy Solving Spectroscopy Problems
May 8	Solving Spectroscopy Problems
May 11	¹³C-NMR, 2D-NMR, and MRI
May 13	X-ray Crystallography
May 15	Spectroscopy Q&A - Lecture 1 Spectroscopy Q&A - Lecture 2
May 18	Noncovalent Molecular Forces
May 20	Noncovalent Molecular Forces
May 22	Introduction to Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases
May 25	Campus closed - no recording
May 27	Introduction to Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases
May 29	Biomolecules Survey Part 2: Lipids
June 1	Biomolecules Survey Part 3: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
June 3	Biomolecules Survey Part 4: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
June 5	Final Exam Q&A: 10 AM 11 AM