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Foundations of organic chemistry
Title:
Foundations of organic chemistry
Author:
Davis, Ron B., Jr, speaker.
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, The Teaching Company, [2014]

©2014
Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
General Note:
"Course no. 1185"--Disc label.

Course consists of 36 lectures.

Each lecture ca. 30 min.

Accompanying guidebook title: "Foundations of organic chemistry, course guidebook."
Language:
English
Contents:
Disc 1. 1. Why carbon ; 2. Structure of the atom and chemical bonding ; 3. Drawing chemical structures ; 4. Drawing chemical reactions ; 5. Acid-base chemistry ; 6. Stereochemistry : molecular handedness -- disc 2. 7. Alkanes : the simplest hydrocarbons ; 8. Cyclic alkanes ; 9. Alkenes and alkynes ; 10. Alkyl halides ; 11. Substitution reactions ; 12. Elimination reactions -- disc 3. 13. Addition reactions ; 14. Alcohols and ethers ; 15. Aldehydes and ketones ; 16. Organic acids and esters ; 17. Amines, imines, and nitriles ; 18. Nitrates, amino acids, and amides -- disc 4. 19. Conjugation and the diels-alder reaction ; 20. Benzene and aromatic compounds ; Modifying benzene: aromatic substitution ; 22. Sugars and carbohydrates ; 23. DNA and nucleic acids ; 24. Amino acids, peptides, and proteins -- disc 5. 25. Metals in organic chemistry ; 26. Synthetic polymers ; 27. UV-visible spectroscopy ; 28. Infrared spectroscopy ; 29. Measuring handedness with polarimetry ; 30. Nuclear magnetic resonance -- disc 6. 31. Advanced spectroscopic techniques ; 32. Purifying by recrystallization ; 33. Purifying by distillation ; 34. Purifying by extraction ; 35. Purifying by chromatography ; 36. The future of organic chemistry.
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Accompanied guidebook entitled: Foundations of organic chemistry, course guidebook.
ISBN:
9781629970943