Lec 13. Organic Chemistry -- Reduction and Oxidation -- Part 1












Recorded on February 8, 2013.

Index of Topics:
00:10- Imitation Vanilla
01:13- 'Vanilla Extract' produced in Mexico is no bargain
02:09- The Tonka Bean
03:30- Structure of Vanillin vs. Coumarin

CHAPTER 12-Oxidation and Reduction
05:52- 12.1: Introduction
12:42- 12.2: Secret "Hydride" Reducing Agents from Ch 20
15:54- 12.2: Other Reducing Agents
19:20- 12.3,12.4: Hydrogenation of Alkenes
25:12- 12.3,12.4: Hydrogenation of Alkenes-Benzene rings, C=C bonds
29:37- 12.5A,B: Partial Hydrogenation of Alkynes
32:20- 12.5 A,B: Hydrogenation of Alkynes
37:17- 12.5C: Partial Hydrogenation of Alkynes to Alkenes
42:57- 12.5C: Dissolving metal reduction

1. Review of Chem 51A
2. Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides - Part 1
3. Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides - Part 2
4. Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides - Part 3
5. Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides Part 4.
6. Alkenes, Part 1.
7. Alkenes, Part 2.
8. Alkenes, Part 3.
9. Alkynes, Part 1.
10. Alkynes, Part 2.
11. Alkynes, Part 3.
12. Alkynes, Part 4.
13. Reduction and Oxidation, Part 1.
14. Reduction and Oxidation, Part 2.
15. Reduction and Oxidation, Part 3.
16. Infrared Spectroscopy + Ch. 14.
17. NMR Spectroscopy.
18. NMR Spectroscopy, Part 2.
19. NMR Spectroscopy, Part 3.
20. Radicals.
21. Conjugation, Resonance, Diels-Alder Reactions, Part 1.
22. Conjugation, Resonance, Diels-Alder Reactions, Part 2.
23. Aromaticity.
24. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution.
25. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Part 2.
26. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, Part 3.

This is the second quarter of the organic chemistry series. Topics covered include: Fundamental concepts relating to carbon compounds with emphasis on structural theory and the nature of chemical bonding, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, and spectroscopic, physical, and chemical properties of the principal classes of carbon compounds.