Organic Chemistry 1 & 2 Reactions - 6 Hour Video (Patreon)

This organic chemistry study guide / final exam review can help you if you're taking either orgo 1 or 2.  It contains a list of reactions and reagents that you need to know in both courses.  This video can help you to do well on your organic chem midterm / semester exams.  You should also use any pdf study guides that you have to study for your test.

Here is a list of topics:

1.  Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes

2.  Hydrohalogenation of Alkenes With HBr and HCl

3.  Acid Catalyzed Hydration Reaction Mechanism - H3O+ or H2O and H+

4.  Hydroboration - Oxidation - B2H6 or BH3, THF, H2O2, and OH-

5.  Oxymercuration - Demercuration - Hg(OAc)2, H2O, and NaBH4

6.  Epoxidation of Alkenes Using a Peroxyacid - RCO3H or MCPBA

7.  Bromination of Alkenes Using Br2 and CH2Cl2 or CCl4

8.  Halohydrin Using Br2 and H2O

9.  Simmons Smith Reaction - CH2I2, Zn(Cu) - Cyclopropane Ring - Carbene Intermediate

10.  Alkyne Synthesis Reactions - NaNH2 with CH3Br

11.  Alkynes, Enols, Aldehydes & Ketones - R2BH, THF, H2O2, OH- or HgSO4, H2O, H2SO4

12.  SN2, SN1, E1, and E2 Reactions - Summary Chart & Practice Problems

13.  Inversion of Stereochemistry, Racemic Mixture, Rate Laws, Substrates, Leaving Groups, Nucleophile

14.  Carbocation Rearrangements - Hydride & Methyl Shift

15.  Alcohol Reactions & Alkyl Halides - HBr, SOCl2, and PBr3 - SN1 vs SN2

16.  Oxidation of Alcohols to Ketones, Aldehydes & Carboxylic Acids Using PCC, KMnO4 / H3O+, Na2Cr2O7 / H2SO4, H2CrO4, and CrO3

17.  Reduction of Ketones & Aldehydes to Alcohols Using NaBH4, and LiAlH4

18.  Organometallic Reagents - Grignard - CH3MgBr or RMgBr, Organolithium - CH3Li or RLi, and Gilman - (CH3)2CuLi or R2CuLi

19.  Reduction of Acid Chlorides to Aldehydes Using DIBAH

20.  Acid Catalyzed Cleavage of Ethers Using HI, HBr, and HCl

21.  Acid and Base Catayzed Ring Opening of Epoxides

22.  1,3 - Butadiene with HBr, Br2, and BrCl, 1,2 addition vs 1,4 addition - Kinetic vs Thermodynamic Product

23.  Diels Alder Reaction - 4 + 2 Cycloaddition - Diene vs Dienophile

24.  Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones - Carbonyl Compounds

25.  Direct Alkylation Using LDA or NaH Followed By CH3Br - Enolate Ions

26.  Formation of Imines & Enamines, HVZ Reaction, Wittig & Haloform Reaction

27.  Alpha Hydrogen Substitution Reactions & Acetal Protecting Groups

28.  Carboxylic Acid Derivatives - Acid Chlorides, Anhydrides, Amides, & Esters

29.  Reaction Synthesis of Primary and Secondary Amines Using NaN3, NaNH2, and NaCN 

30.  Reductive Amination of Ketones - Using LiAlH4, NaBH3CN, or H2 / Pd

31.  Hoffman & Cope Elimination - Deamination of Amines into Alkenes - Exhaustive Methylation & Amine Oxides

32.  Hoffman and Curtius Rearrangement, Gabriel Synthesis Reactions Using Phthalamide

33.  Benzene Reactions - Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions

34.  Nitration - HNO3 / H2SO4, Bromination Br2 / FeBr3, Sulfonation SO3 / H2SO4

35.  Chlorination - Cl2 / FeCl3, Fridel Crafts Alkylation & Acylation, Iodination, & Side Chain Reactions

36.  Ortho Para Activators vs Meta Directing Deactivators

37.  Aromatic Heterocycles - Pyridine, Pyrrole, Furan, and Thiophene

38.  Aldol Condensation Reaction, Crossed & Mixed - Alpha Beta Unsaturated Carbonyl Compound

39.  Claisen Ester Condensation Reaction Mechanism

40.  Acetoacetic and Malonic Ester Synthesis Reaction

41.  Robinson Annulation Reaction - Michael Addition and Intramolecular Aldol Reaction

42.  Radical, Cationic, and Anionic Polymerization of Alkenes