CHEM 351 PODCASTS

Summer 2007 work in progress

The first set of podcasts for Chem 351 were created in Fall 2006 as part of project icast.   The current list of podcasts is shown below.  Some of these will be rerecorded and revised in the near future.   The initial set were incomplete, the plan is to try to complete the set as time permits.

The aim is to create podcasts of important topics and concepts to act as supplements to the lecture materials in order to help students review and learn the subject matter.  Remember that the subject matter is very visual, and therefore they are probably best used with your lecture notes, the lecture templates or the pages on the ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ONLINE materials.

During the icast project, I experimented with live (in lecture recordings), but quickly moved on as this resulted in poorer sound quality as I walked around in lecture.

Other than the live recording, the sound levels should be fine.  If not, then it is probably a problem with your system not the podcast.

If there is topic you think you would like a podcast on, these please let me know. Try to give an outline of what you think it should cover rather than just a title.

Here is a list of / links to the CHEM 351 PODCASTS available to date :  


PODCAST TITLE

LECTURE TEMPLATE
(L01 Fall 2007)

(regularly updated)

The arrows used in organic chemistry
Structure and function
Bonding 01 - introduction
Bonding 02 - ionic bonding
Bonding 03 - comparing CH3O- with CH3-
Bonding 04 - covalent bonding

    Organic fundamentals*

Bonding 1

Bonding 2

Hybridisation 01 - introduction, the basics
Hybridisation 02 - application to C, O and N systems
Bonding - alkanes
Bonding - alkenes
Bonding - alkynes
Bonding - explaining trends in the structures
Resonance 01 - why do we need resonance
Resonance 02 - rules for recognising or drawing resonance structures
Resonance 03 - ranking resonance structures
Resonance 04 - resonance in action

Acidity 01 - what should you know? definitions
Acidity 02 - typical pKa values
Acidity 03 - "proton wars"
Acidity 04 - assessing acid strength - the critical factors
Acidity 05 - assessing acid strength - other factors

Curly arrows - the basics
Curly arrows - examples of curly arrows in use
Curly arrows

Formal charges
Oxidation and reduction in organic systems

Formal charges and oxidation states

Alkanes 01 - types of hydrocarbons, alkanes and cycloalkanes
Alkanes 02 - physical properties and intermolecular forces
Alkanes 03 - thermodynamic stability
Alkanes

Isomers - classifying the types of isomers

Isomerism

Conformational analysis 01 - terminology
Conformational analysis 02 - ethane
Conformational analysis 03 - butane and higher alkanes
Conformational analysis pt 1

Conformational analysis 04 - cycloalkanes aren't planar
Conformational analysis 05 - cyclohexane

Conformational analysis pt 2

Mass spectrometry : introduction
Mass spectrometry : instrumentation

Mass spectrometry
Infra-red spectroscopy Infra-red spectroscopy

NMR - background information
NMR - the NMR phenomena
The chemical shift scale
Shielding in H-NMR : what is it ? Effect of electronegative atoms
Shielding in H-NMR : hydrogen bonding and exchangeable protons
Magnetic anisotropy
Interpretation of H-NMR spectra
Coupling patterns in H-NMR
Complex coupling patterns
Other issues : accidental equivalence


NMR spectroscopy
C-NMR - general background
CNMR - information and a few examples
13C NMR spectroscopy
Solving spectroscopy problems  

Nucleophilic substitution reactions - introduction
Nucleophilic substitution reactions - nucleophiles
Nucleophilic substitution reactions - leaving groups

Nucleophilic substitution reactions - SN2 mechanism
Nucleophilic substitution reactions - SN1 mechanism
Carbocations
Nucleophilic substitution reactions - examples of SN reactions

Nucleophilic substitution

Elimination reactions - introduction
Elimination reactions of alcohols
Elimination reactions of alkyl halides
Elimination reactions

Radical substitution

Radical substitution

* Some lectures may have been rewritten for 2007 as the new Powerpoint slides were created. This means that they probably don't correlate well with F2006 podcasts. The plan is to create new podcsasts for the new lectures. If all goes well, then these will be added with in a few days of the lecture.

 

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