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32 - Stereotopicity and Baeyer Strain Theory
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Why ethane has a rotational barrier is still debatable. Analyzing conformational and configurational stereotopicity rela... Read more
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31 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and Conformational Energy
31 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and Conformational Energy
After mentioning some legal implications of chirality, the discussion of configuration concludes using esomeprazole as a... Read more
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30 - Esomeprazole as an Example of Drug Testing and Usage
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The chemical mode of action of omeprazole is expected to be insensitive to its stereochemistry, making clinical trials o... Read more
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29 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and the Mechanism of Optical Rotation
29 - Preparing Single Enantiomers and the Mechanism of Optical Rotation
Within a lecture on biological resolution, the synthesis of single enantiomers, and the naming and 3D visualization of o... Read more
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28 - Stereochemical Nomenclature; Racemization and Resolution
28 - Stereochemical Nomenclature; Racemization and Resolution
Determination of the actual atomic arrangement in tartaric acid in 1949 motivated a change in stereochemical nomenclatur... Read more
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27 - Communicating Molecular Structure in Diagrams and Words
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It is important that chemists agree on notation and nomenclature in order to communicate molecular constitution and conf... Read more
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26 - Van't Hoff's Tetrahedral Carbon and Chirality
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With his tetrahedral carbon models van't Hoff explained the mysteries of known optical isomers possessing stereogenic ce... Read more
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25 - Models in 3-D Space (1869-1877); Optical Isomers
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24 - Determining Chemical Structure by Isomer Counting (1869)
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Half a century before direct experimental observation became possible, most structures of organic molecules were assigne... Read more
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22 - Radical and Type Theories (1830-1850)
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Work by Wöhler and Liebig on benzaldehyde inspired a general theory of organic chemistry focusing on so-called radicals,... Read more
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23 - Valence Theory and Constitutional Structure (1858)
23 - Valence Theory and Constitutional Structure (1858)
Youthful chemists Couper and Kekulé replaced radical and type theories with a new approach involving atomic valence and ... Read more
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21 - Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler (1805-1832)
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The most prominent chemist in the generation following Lavoisier was Berzelius in Sweden. Together with Gay-Lussac in Pa... Read more
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20 - Rise of the Atomic Theory (1790-1805)
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This lecture traces the development of elemental analysis as a technique for the determination of the composition of org... Read more
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19 - Oxygen and the Chemical Revolution (Beginning to 1789)
19 - Oxygen and the Chemical Revolution (Beginning to 1789)
This lecture begins a series describing the development of organic chemistry in chronological order, beginning with the ... Read more
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18 - Amide, Carboxylic Acid and Alkyl Lithium
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This lecture completes the first half of the semester by analyzing three functional groups in terms of the interaction o... Read more
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