SciShow
Is That “New Car Smell” Dangerous?
Some of us can't get enough of that new car smell. But certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that help create this aroma are linked to cancer. While this doesn't mean new car smell definitely increases your chance of getting cancer,...
SciShow
These Birds Smell Like Tangerines
On remote, rocky North Pacific islands, you may find a cute little bird that just so happens to smell like tangerines.
Crash Course
Organometallic Reagents and Carbanions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Have you ever wondered why the gas station has “unleaded fuel” but there isn’t a “leaded” option? The answer has to do with a chemical called tetraethyl lead, which is an organometallic compound, or an organic compound with a...
SciShow
These Birds Smell Like Tangerines
On remote, rocky North Pacific islands, you may find a cute little bird that just so happens to smell like tangerines.
Crash Course
Hydrocarbon Derivatives - Crash Course Chemistry
Functional groups? Functional groups within functional groups? Hank takes today's Crash Course video to discuss some confusing ideas about Hydrocarbon Derivatives, but then makes it all make more sense.
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Table of Contents
Alcohols...
Crash Course
An Overview of Aldehydes and Ketones: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
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...
Professor Dave Explains
Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis
Amino acids, nature makes them, and humans have been making them as well since 1850. The first lab synthesis of amino acids was reported by Adolph Strecker, so it's called the Strecker amino acid synthesis, and despite being so ancient...
Catalyst University
Grignard Reactions: Theory & Practice with Strategy
Grignard Reactions: Theory & Practice with Strategy
Professor Dave Explains
Oxidation of Alkenes Using Potassium Permanganate (Hot and Cold Conditions)
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...
Professor Dave Explains
Reduction of Esters With DIBAL-H
We know about a lot of different oxidizing and reducing agents that facilitate a variety of different transformations. But we haven't touched upon the precise transformation that can be achieved by diisobutylaluminum hydride, also known...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Reducing Agents
For this one we need to know the ability of different reducing agents to react with various functional groups.
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Crossed Aldol Products
Enolate chemistry is tricky business! You might get more products than you think. Give this one a shot.
Professor Dave Explains
Cannizzaro Reaction
The Cannizzaro reaction is pretty old, over 150 years old in fact, but it is still an important reaction in organic chemistry. It involves the disproportionation of two equivalents of an aldehyde, meaning one is oxidized to the...
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Methods of Preparation of Carboxylic Acids
It gives details about the preparation of carboxylic acids.
Crash Course
Hydrocarbon Derivatives
This comprehensive video focuses on functional groups including alcohols, hydroxyl groups, aldehydes, carboxylic acid, acetone, ethers, esters, and amines.
Socratica
What Are Functional Groups?
What's the function of functional groups? Explore the portions of biological molecules that make things happen with a video from Socratica's series on biology. The narrator illustrates each major functional group, then describes them in...
Khan Academy
Aldehyde Introduction, Aldehydes and Ketones, Organic Chemistry
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...
Curated OER
Lesson 12: More Derivatives, Ketones, Aldehydes, Ethers, Amines
Lesson 12 in "Chemguy's" series of organic chemistry videos, this one is somewhat of a bonus. He briefly introduces young chemists to the ketones, aldehydes, and amines. He discloses how to name and draw the structures of each.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones: Aldehyde Introduction
Video lecture provides an introduction to Aldehydes. [7:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones: Ketone Naming
Explains the differences between aldehydes and ketones, and how to name ketones. [8:44]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Aldehyde Introduction
A video that introduces the functional group known as Aldehyde. [7:48]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Acid and Base Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates and Hemiacetals
This video demonstrates how the addition of acid or base can catalyze the formation of hydrates and hemiacetals. [10:26]