Need your class to be keen on alkenes? Organic chemistry scholars discover the relationship between alkanes and alkenes in a short video. The narrator guides them through drawing and naming both groups of molecules, as well as reveals...

Ready to put the fun in functional groups? Introduce your class to this fundamental part of organic chemistry with a short video. The narrator explains the structure and naming system of hydrocarbons, as well as the elements and bonding...

Small molecules can make a big impact! Pupils gain an understanding of the polymerization of ethane, a short and useful alkene. The narrator discusses the main ideas behind polymer science, including how chain length affects the...

Don't let teaching about hydrolysis burst your bubble! Introduce your class to soap-making with an animated video. The narrator describes the raw materials used for making both hard and soft soaps. The video includes a look at early soap...

Sow the seeds of knowledge with a short video about plant oils! Science scholars discover the methods people use to extract oils from olives, coconuts, and flowers. The narrator also explains the chemical structures of these oils and why...

Scholars think color-change tests are the best! Show them how to differentiate between alkanes and alkenes using a short video. The narrator guides them through the test and the reactions that occur for alkenes. Other topics include...

Where do the hydrocarbons we use for energy come from? Science scholars learn the origins of our fossil fuels in a short video. The animated video includes information on how fossil fuels formed, their uses, and how a number of useful...

With so many possible sites to bond with, how can chemists ensure that they can produce only the product they seek? The 12th and final video in the green chemistry series has pupils observe how to use derivatives to isolate functional...

About 18 percent of the human body is carbon, yet carbon found in its pure form in nature forms graphite and diamonds, which are nonliving things. The narrator explores the word organic, explaining how its meaning in science has changed...

Introduce the macromolecules that make up living organisms. An instructive explains functional groups, dehydration and hydrolysis, and the four types of macromolecules. Video is the seventh in a series of 10.

Repetition of the naming rules and numbering of carbons after diagramming a molecule will help your aspiring chemists. The video builds upon previous examples of naming enantiomers and stereoisomers.

An informative video focuses on the categories of ethers, specifically defining the cyclic subset of ethers. Sal examines epoxides and explains why they are significantly more reactive than the generally stable ethers.

Sal clarifies a description that he missed in prior videos about the strong smell of amines. He then recaps and compares many of the small and large aldehydes, taking the opportunity to describe their structure and the progression of...

Beyond using ethers as an example of an aprotic solvent (as in most of the previous videos), Sal describes the molecule diethyl ether with its IUPAC name and provides more detail about its properties. This video assumes your class will...

Explore the world of organic compounds. Each type of organic compounds are described in terms of their bonds to other hydrocarbons. Ethers, alcohols, aldehyde are only some of the exciting compounds viewers will encounter.

Discuss the likelihood of ions donating electrons and then forming double bonds with an educational video. It demonstrates the methods for determining which molecules will react with others. Your class will appreciate the review.

After providing two more examples of diagramming in different ways, Sal reviews that a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its own mirror image is defined as chiral. The terms given to the chiral center carbon are provided.

An introduction to chirality and whether molecules can be superimposed or not. The terminology for those molecules is given along with the relevance of that characteristic.

After recapping the tetrahedral shape of a regular methane molecule and the standard 109-degree angles between hydrogens, Salman Khan demonstrates the chair and boat diagrams to represent cyclohexane. A primary focus of these diagrams is...

Use this tutorial to learn how to analyze different ways to draw the dot structure for sulfur dioxide. [4:28]

VSEPR for molecules with four electron clouds including examples for tetrahedral, trigonal pyramidal, and bent molecules. [10:05]

Part II of using VSEPR for five electron clouds including examples for T-shaped and linear molecules. [10:48]

Learn about VSEPR for six electron clouds, and see examples for octahedral, square pyramidal, and planar molecules. [12:29]

Find organic chemistry naming examples involving branching and rings [10:22]