Organic Chemistry

1. Mechanism basics explained - Covers electrophiles, nucleophiles, partial

charges, dipoles, electronegativity, curly arrows, free radicals, heterolytic
vs. homolytic fission, and addition vs. substitution vs. elimination
reactions.

2. Free radical substitution explained - Covers free radicals, initiation,

propagation, termination, and the curly arrow mechanism.

3. Electrophilic addition explained - Covers the electrophilic addition

mechanism between symmetrical reactants (ethene and Br2), and
asymmetrical reactants (propene and HBr), including cation stability and
Markovnikov's rule.

4. Nucleophilic substitution explained - Covers the different types of

nucleophilic substitution (SN1 and SN2), explains when each of them
would occur, and compares their stereochemistry.

5. Elimination explained - Covers the different types of elimination (E1 and

E2), and compares them to the nucleophilic substitution mechanisms (SN1
and SN2), before explaining when you would get elimination vs.
substitution, and when you would E1 vs. E2.

6. Nucleophilic Addition explained - Quick video that covers the mechanism

and the stereochemistry for nucleophilic addition.

7. Nucleophilic Addition-Elimination explained - Quick video that covers the

mechanism.

8. Electrophilic substitution explained - Covers the mechanism, chlorination

of benzene, Friedel-Crafts alkylation, Friedel-Crafts acylation, the nitration
of benzene, and reactions at phenol and phenylamine.
9. Which mechanism should you draw in an exam? - Overviews when each
mechanism should be used in an exam.

10. Why there are fewer reactions to learn for Organic Chemistry than you
think - Simplifies many of the reactions needed for Organic Synthesis, and
goes over why many of the reactions you need to know are actually the
same as each other.
 Physical Chemistry

1. The easiest method for predicting reaction feasibility using electrode

potentials - Short video on easily predicting reaction feasibility.

2. Hess cycles explained - How to solve Hess cycles, including examples

which use formation enthalpies, combustion enthalpies, and bond
enthalpies.

3. Equilibrium constants explained - Goes over Kc, Ka, Kw, Kp, and puts
equilibrium constants into context in a way that you might not have heard
before (i.e. What does the equilibrium constant actually tell us? What's the
difference between a large equilibrium constant and a small equilibrium
constant?).

4. Every enthalpy change explained - Explains in detail every enthalpy

change that you'll need to know.

5. Every enthalpy change definition - Shorter video that quickly goes through
each enthalpy change definition that you'll need to know.

6. Born-Haber cycles explained - Explains how to set up Born-Haber cycles,

and goes through several examples of how to use them to find the lattice
enthalpy.

7. A shortcut for solving Born-Haber cycles - Quick video that goes through a
quick method for finding the lattice formation enthalpy.