Main Course Textbook: Janice Gorzynski Organic Chemistry 6th edition

Professor Dave Explains: This video channel offers 2 useful segments: Content Review and Practice Problems. These are bite-sized reviews of fundamental topics in organic chemistry. 

Here are some helpful videos to check out in each series.

Content Review: 

• Stereochemistry: Enantiomers

• Nucleophiles, Electrophiles, Leaving Groups, and the SN2 Reaction

• Choosing Between SN1/SN2/E1/E2 Mechanisms

Practice Problems:

• Analyzing Acid-Base Equilibria

• Drawing Substitution and Elimination Products (SN1/SN2/E1/E2)

• Mechanism - Acid Catalysis

Remember that these are only suggestions. Feel free to explore more videos based on your own preferences!

The Organic Chemistry Tutor: This video series discusses fundamental topics in organic chemistry and includes multiple example problems for practice. 

Here are some helpful videos to check out: 

Acid/Base:

• pKa, Ka, and Acid Strength

• The Effect of pH on Acid Structure

Substitution Reactions:

• Nucleophiles and Electrophiles

• SN2 Reaction Mechanism With Stereochemistry, Chair Conformation & Fischer Projection Problems

• SN1 Reaction Mechanism - Carbocation Rearrangements, Solvolysis & Racemic Mixtures

• SN2 SN1 E1 E2 Reaction Mechanisms Made Easy!

Khan Academy: This source offers helpful resources for organic chemistry topics that you covered in Chem 222. See below for a few helpful sections and sub-sections to check out:

Stereochemistry:

• Introduction to chirality

• Enantiomers

• Stereoisomeric relationships

Substitution and Elimination Reactions:

• Nucleophilicity and Basicity

• Elimination Reactions

• Sn1/Sn2/E1/E2

Alkenes and Alkynes: 

• Naming Alkenes

• Alkene Reactions

• Alkene Nomenclature 

Note: The alkene/alkyne reaction mechanisms might not have been covered in Chem 222, but they will be an important topic in Chem 225. Feel free to explore some of the above videos to get familiar with the new concepts.

Video Resources: MIT Open Course provides free videos that review fundamental organic chemistry lab techniques. 

After clicking on the above link, here are a few videos to check out:

• TLC - The Basics 

Note: You might remember using TLC in some experiments from Chem 222. TLC comes up very frequently in Chem 225, so it is worthwhile to review the basics!

• Reaction Work Up

• Filtration 

• Melting Point Determination 

• Excel Easy

  • This website offers a step-by-step guide through Excel functions, including Averages and Line Charts. 

• Beginner's Guide to Excel 

  • This video channel introduces basic functions on Excel.

  • If you use a Mac laptop, check out this video for more details. 

• Microsoft Excel Tutorial 

  • Here is another video that introduces you to basic features on Excel. You can use the "Chapters" section on the right to navigate to specific sections.

  • Here are some particularly helpful video sections:

    • 7:30 - 10:55 Inputting Data

    • 10:56 - 13:37 Formatting Data

    • 29:43 - (End) Inserting Charts in Microsoft Excel

• Making a line graph in Excel for scientific data

  • This tutorial shows you how to make line graphs for sample data on bacterial cells in a biology experiment. 

Google Sheets

Do you prefer Google Sheets over Excel? If so, here are some video tutorials that describe how to visualize data in Google Sheets. 

• Google Sheets Tutorial for Beginners 2020 (Video)

  • 5:46 - 6:10 Formatting values and text in cells

  • 8:25 - 12:13 Creating new values 

  • 16:01 - 17:43 Visualizing data in your spreadsheet

• Finding the Best Fit Line in GoogleSheets (Video)

  • Includes tips on making scatter plot and finding the linear regression equation.

• Making a Linear Curve Fit (Website)

The Chemistry Solution 

This video channel provides example problems to practice unit conversions and math calculations such as those listed below:

• Dimensional Analysis 

• Theoretical, Actual and Percent Yield Problems

• Interconverting Masses, Moles and Numbers of Particles

Interested in learning about lab equipment? Visit the Lab Tech and Software page on this website to learn more!

After clicking on the above link, here are some tabs that you can check out:

• Analytical/Visualization Software

  • MestReNova: NMR analysis

  • ChemDraw: Reaction schemes

  • Origin Lab: Plotting graphs

• File Management

  • Zotero: Organize citations in lab reports

• Instruments

  • NMR Spectroscopy

  • Vibrational Spectroscopy: IR Spectrophotometers

  • Other Analytical and Physical Instruments: Rotary Evaporator

Note: Don't worry about downloading the above software prior to starting the course. The professors and TAs will be happy to help with this process during the course.