Crash Course
Conjugation & UV-Vis Spectroscopy: Crash Course Organic Chemistry
Carrots get their orange-y color from, you guessed it, an organic chemical. This chemical, called beta carotene, gets its pigment from its conjugated electron system. We’ve talked some already about conjugation, but in this episode of...
Professor Dave Explains
Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Olefins: Introduction to Asymmetric Catalysis
We just learned about hydrogenation of alkenes via homogeneous catalysis, and the complicated catalytic cycles that are involved. But there is an additional aspect that we need to discuss. Whenever possible, we want to be able to employ...
Professor Dave Explains
Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes
When we discussed basic information regarding homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, we mentioned hydrogenation of alkenes in both of these contexts. Now let's get more specific and describe the mechanism of this precise catalysis in...
FuseSchool
The Extraction Of Plant Oils
Learn the basics about plant oils and how they are extracted.
FuseSchool
Hardening Vegetable Oils (Margarine) through Hydrogenation
Learn the basics about hardening vegetable oils, such as margarine, formed through hydrogenation. How does margarine harden? What is hydrogenation? Find out more in this video!
FuseSchool
How To Harden Vegetable Oils Through Hydrogenation
Learn how to harden vegetable oils through a chemical process demonstrated on the example of Margarine.
FuseSchool
Hardening Vegetable Oils Through Hydrogenation
Learn how to harden vegetable oils through a chemical process demonstrated on the example of Margarine.
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Properties and Uses of Alkenes
The nugget discusses chemical and physical properties of alkenes and lists the uses of alkenes.
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Conversion of trans-2-butene to cis-2-butene
How can we go from one type of alkene to another? In three steps precisely? Use the reactions you know and figure it out! (Hint: Think about addition reactions, elimination reactions, and hydrogenations!)
Professor Dave Explains
IIT/JEE Chemistry Practice #27: Resonance Energy
Practice REAL problems from actual past IIT/JEE exams with Professor Dave!
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Hydrogenation, Isomerism, and Cyclohexane Chairs
For this one we need to understand the stereospecificity of hydrogenation over platinum metal, stereochemical relationships, and the relative stability of cyclohexane chair conformations.
Professor Dave Explains
Organic Chemistry Synthesis Challenge 7
Need some organic chemistry practice? Here's a tricky synthesis to try!
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Alkanes - Preparation, properties and uses
It explains the preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses of alkanes.
University of Oxford (UK)
Chemistry Multimedia: Hydrogenation of Alkenes
An animation featuring a hydrogenation reaction of an alkene. Requires Quicktime.
Crash Course
Crash Course Chemistry #41: Alkenes & Alkynes
A crash course in alkenes and alkynes, their structures, and how to remember which is which. [9:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Alkene Reactions: Hydrogenation
Video lecture explores hydrogenation. [11:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Alkyne Reactions: Reduction of Alkynes
Video lecture explains the reduction of alkynes. [10:04]