You'll learn what to wear in the lab, how to dispose of chemicals safely, how to avoid the most common accidents, how to pour solutions properly, what the HazMat diamond means, what an MSDS is, and how to use a fume hood.
What's that smell? Smell's like Organic Chemistry! This week Hank talks about Aromatics and Cyclic Compounds, naming their substituents, resonance, and common reactions & uses.
Functional groups? Functional groups within functional groups? Hank discusses some confusing ideas about Hydrocarbon Derivatives but then makes it all make more sense.
Ever feel like there's an international team of bad guys changing all of the easily remembered chemical names and turning them into test-failing, number-infused, pain-in-the-neck names? Well... you're not wrong.
Polymers are so integrated into our daily lives that we sometimes forget how amazing they are. This video explores how they have developed and the different types of polymers that are common in the world today.
Molecules have 3-D shapes that help us understand what they can do. Today, we’ll learn how orbital hybridization and valence bond theory can help us explain 3D molecular structures and about constitutional and geometric isomers.
Today, we’ll specifically be looking at alkene addition reactions, and with each new reaction ask ourselves three questions to help us puzzle through the mechanism.
Today, we’ll focus on alkene redox reactions and revisit our 3-part secret handshake to help us better understand patterns and predict the products of these reactions.
Today, we're learning all about cyclohexanes, including how rings pucker to relieve strain, the boat and chair conformations, and how ring flips can switch substituents from axial to equatorial.
In this episode, we’ll learn all about how to write reaction mechanisms. Having this super useful skill means we don’t have to worry about memorizing every reaction that has ever existed.
Today we’re learning about mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy through the lens of a forensic investigation. Put on your lab coats, and let’s solve this mystery!
Today, we’ll learn all about radicals (unpaired electrons) including the three key steps in a radical reaction and Hammond’s Postulate, an important tool to help us understand these reactions.
This episode is all about nomenclature. We'll dive into IUPAC systematic naming of organic molecules, and get to practice with the help of three trusty steps!
Today, we’ll review some important concepts from general chemistry, learn how to draw energy diagrams, go over the difference between an intermediate and a transition state, and get an introduction to catalysts.
Today, we’re talking about the amazing diversity among organic molecules. We’ll learn about the origins of organic chemistry, how to write Lewis structures, condensed structures, and skeletal formulas.
Chemical Equilibrium Focusing on Acid-Base Systems
This video explores acids and bases and their proton-exchanging ways. Learn about the reactions happening in those solutions - atoms reorganizing themselves to create whole new substances.
In this episodey, Hank goes over the ideas of keeping your life balance... well, your chemical life. Equilibrium is all about balance. Also, he'll chat about Le Chatalier's Principle and Fritz Haber.
Hank shows you that, while it may seem like the Universe is messing with us, equilibrium. Here, he shows you how to calculate equilibrium constant & conditions of reactions and use RICE tables
When molecules collide, chemical reactions can occur, causing major structural changes. This video imagines chemical systems as busy city streets and the colliding molecules within them as your averaged citizen.
Hank admits to being wrong about how everything is chemicals. But he now wants you to listen as he blows your mind with a new sweeping statement: everything (yes, really everything this time) is energy. What?!
In chemistry, entropy is the measure of molecular randomness or disorder. For the next thirteen minutes, Hank hopes you will embrace the chaos as he teaches you about entropy.
In this video, learn how reduction (gaining electrons) and oxidation (the loss of electrons) combine to form redox chemistry, which contains the majority of chemical reactions.
The video explains the science of batteries. How were they developed, why do they lose charge, and how do batteries even store charge in the first place?
Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake.
In this episode, students learn what the state function is, and how it varies from a path-dependent function. Students also learn about Hess's Law and how to use the concept of the standard enthalpy of formation to calculate exactly how much heat is produced by any chemical reaction.
