Tutorials

This page contains tutorials called "PreLectures," which are movie files with audio narration that the webmaster assigns as homework in his organic chemstry course. The PreLectures can be viewed either within your browser by clicking on the thumbnail graphics below (organized by recommended viewing order), by clicking on the titles in the sidebar (organized alphabetically). The PreLecture Project is made possible by a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

Lewis Structures (22 min)

VSEPR (29 min)

Resonance (14 min)

Drawing Resonance Structures (28 min)

Acidity and Basicity (20 min)

Representing Organic Molecules (18 min)

Nomenclature of Alkanes (21 min)

Nomenclature of Functionalized Compounds (13 min)

Conformational Analysis (19 min)

Conformational Analysis (19 min)

Conformational Analysis of Cycloalkanes (29 min)

Mechanisms (10 min)

3D Visualization Tips (10 min)

Chirality (6 min)

R/S Nomenclature (Basic, 13 min)

R/S Nomenclature (Advanced, 6 min)

Optical Activity (7 min)

Reaction Energy Diagrams (17 min)

Alkene Reactions, part 1 (30 min)

Alkene Reactions, part 2 (37 min)

Alkene Reactions, part 3 (17 min)

Alkyne Reactions, part 1 (16 min)

Alkyne Reactions, part 2 (16 min)

MO Theory (32 min)

Conjugated Alkene Addition (13 min)

Synthesis (17 min)

Diels-Alder Reaction (30 min)

Nucleophilic Substitution (7 min)

beta-Elimination (18 min)

Alcohol Reactions, part 1 (21 min)

Alcohol Reactions, part 2 (12 min)

Ethers and Epoxides (17 min)

Organometallic Compounds & Reagents (19 min)

Radical Reactions (23 min)

Degrees of Unsaturation (14 min)

Carbocation Rearrangements (11 min)

Spectroscopy, part 1 (Intro, 11 min)

Mass Spectrometry (33 min)

Infrared Spectroscopy (26 min)

Spectroscopy, part 2 (MS & IR, 14 min)

Spectroscopy, part 3 (13C NMR, 19 min)

Spectroscopy, part 4 (1H NMR, 23 min)

Aromaticity (15 min)

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, Intro (13 min)

Electrophilic Arom. Subst., Reactivity (12 min)

Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution (11 min)

Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones, part 1 (23 min)

Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones, part 2 (13 min)

Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones, part 3 (19 min)

Aldol Reaction (25 min)

© Thomas Poon 1999