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This is the first semester in a two-semester introductory course focused on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry, their historical development, and their basis in experimental observation. The course is open to freshmen with excellent preparation in chemistry and physics, and it aims to develop both taste for original science and intellectual skills necessary for creative research.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/chemistry/freshman-organic-chemistry/]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Freshman Organic Chemistry *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Exams: *Midterm Exam 1 *Midterm Exam 2 *Midterm Exam 3 *Final Exam
Videos

Lecture 17 - Reaction Analogies and Carbonyl Reactivity
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 18 - Amide, Carboxylic Acid and Alkyl Lithium
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 25 - Models in 3D Space (1869-1877); Optical Isomers
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 36 - Bond Energies, the Boltzmann Factor and Entropy
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 3 - Double Minima, Earnshaw's Theorem and Plum-Puddings
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Lecture 20 - Rise of the Atomic Theory (1790-1805)
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 21 - Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler (1805-1832)
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 34 - Sharpless Oxidation Catalysts and the Conformation of Cycloalkanes
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 35 - Understanding Molecular Structure and Energy through Standard Bonds
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Lecture 31 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and Conformational Energy
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 27 - Communicating Molecular Structure in Diagrams and Words
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 24 - Determining Chemical Structure by Isomer Counting (1869)
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 22 - Radical and Type Theories (1832-1850)
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 33 - Conformational Energy and Molecular Mechanics
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 23 - Valence Theory and Constitutional Structure (1858)
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Lecture 19 - Oxygen and the Chemical Revolution (Beginning to 1789)
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 28 - Stereochemical Nomenclature; Racemization and Resolution
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 29 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and the Mechanism of Optical Rotation
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 37 - Potential Energy Surfaces, Transition State Theory and Reaction Me...
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 16 - Recognizing Functional Groups
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 32 - Stereotopicity and Baeyer Strain Theory
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Lecture 26 - Van't Hoff's Tetrahedral Carbon and Chirality
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 30 - Esomeprazole as an Example of Drug Testing and Usage
Jun 10, 2010
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Lecture 8 - One-Dimensional Wave Functions
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 6 - Seeing Bonds by Electron Difference Density
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 2 - Force Laws, Lewis Structures and Resonance
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 11 - Orbital Correction and Plum-Pudding Molecules
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 1 - How Do You Know? Freshman Organic Chemistry
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 13 - Overlap and Energy-Match
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 10 - Reality and the Orbital Approximation
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 12 - Overlap and Atom-Pair Bonds
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 7 - Quantum Mechanical Kinetic Energy
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 5 - X-Ray Diffraction
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 14 - Checking Hybridization Theory with XH3
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 9 - Chladni Figures and One-Electron Atoms
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 4 - Coping with Smallness and Scanning Probe Microscopy
Jun 9, 2010
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Lecture 15 - Chemical Reactivity: SOMO, HOMO, and LUMO
Jun 9, 2010
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