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Chemistry enhanced podcasts, Imperial College London.

Audio and video podcasts from undergraduate lecture courses given in the Chemistry Department. The audio materials are annotated as "enhanced" Podcasts with full lecture notes, handouts, and linked to rotatable/and or animated 3D models (of molecules, their vibrations, and their molecular orbitals. Requires Java) and to much original literature.

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture 7

Two case studies involving the principles of stereochemical design

Feb 21 2012

41mins

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Conformational analysis, 2012, Lecture 5

Cyclo-octane, trans-cyclo-octene, and atripisomerism. Caroyophyllene and biphenyls.

Feb 20 2012

42mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture 6

Transition state modelling; reaction coordinates and aromatic electrophilic substitution. Pyridine, concerted vs Wheland intermediates. The Diels Alder reaction in a cavity.

Feb 20 2012

50mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture 5

The analysis of wave functions, including molecular orbitals, electrostatic potentials, QTAIM critical points, and the NCI method.

Feb 15 2012

47mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture 4

Overview of quantum mechanical methods, the Hamiltonian, the best set and extrapolative methods.

Feb 15 2012

49mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture 3

The mechanics force field, how it is used to optimize molecular geometries, and a case study.

Feb 15 2012

44mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, Lecture2

The techniques of molecular visualisation, and the sources of coordinates.

Feb 15 2012

50mins

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Conformational analysis, 2012, Lecture 4.

Conformational analysis of 3,4,5 and 6-membered rings.

Feb 09 2012

48mins

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Molecular modelling, 2012, lecture 1

General aspects of molecular modelling, including scales, coordinates, properties and reactivity.

Feb 07 2012

41mins

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Conformational analysis, 2012, Lecture 3.

The conformational preferences of alikeness, aldehydes, ketones, esters and amides.

Feb 06 2012

44mins

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Conformational analysis, 2012. Lecture 2.

The factors responsible for the conformation of alkanes and heterosubstituted alkanes.

Feb 03 2012

37mins

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Conformational analysis, 2012. Lecture 1.

Historical background to conformational analysis, and Barton's contributions. The stereo electronic theory of conformational analysis.

Feb 02 2012

46mins

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Pericyclic reactions, 2012, lecture 1

Hiostorical preamble, characteristic properties and examples of the major types of pericyclic reactions

Jan 31 2012

48mins

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Pericyclic reactions, 2012, lecture 5

Examples of sigma tropic reactions, illustrating the equivalence between inversion and antarafacial modes.

Jan 31 2012

45mins

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Pericyclic reactions, 2012, lecture 4

Examples of pericyclic additions and eliminations, with two joined up case studies.

Jan 27 2012

46mins

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Pericyclic reactions, 2012, lecture 3

A number of examples of electrocyclic pericyclic reactions.

Jan 26 2012

44mins

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Pericyclic reactions, 2012, lecture 2

The theory of orbital symmetry, with selection rules derived from transition state aromaticity

Jan 24 2012

51mins

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Conformational analysis, 2011, lecture 6

Cyclo-octane, trans cyclo-octene, how to resolve it into configurational isomers, and atropisomerism in caryophyllene. Restricted rotation in biphenyls.

May 23 2011

44mins

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Conformational analysis, 2011: lecture 5

Conformational analysis of rings, and sugars.

May 18 2011

43mins

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Conformational analysis, 2011: lecture 4

Analysis of cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane and cyclohexane, including ring-locking with large groups and anti-periplanar relationships of substituents.

May 16 2011

50mins

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