Organic Chemistry: How to Build People
Why take this course?
🧪 Unlock the Secrets of Organic Chemistry with Dr. Gilad James 🚀
Course Title: Organic Chemistry: How to Build People 🎓
Course Description: Are you ready to demystify the complex world of organic chemistry? This comprehensive online course, led by the expert tutelage of Dr. Gilad James, PhD, is designed to transform your understanding of organic compounds, reactions, and mechanisms from daunting to digestible. By breaking down the core principles and showing their myriad applications, Dr. James will guide you through the fundamental concepts that underpin organic chemistry.
🚀 What You'll Discover in This Course:
🔍 Section 1: Structure and Bonding
- Back to Basics: We kick off with a refresher on essential general chemistry concepts, including electron structures, Lewis structures, bond types, electronegativity, and formal charges. You'll learn to predict covalent and ionic bonding patterns involving key elements like C, H, O, N, and halogens.
- Resonance and Resonance Structures: Understand resonance and its role in stabilizing molecules. Learn how to draw and interpret common structural formulas used in organic chemistry, from condensed to line–angle formulas.
- Hybridization and Molecular Geometry: Master the art of predicting the hybridization and geometry of organic molecules based on their bonding, and identify various types of isomers.
🔧 Section 2: Acids and Bases, and Functional Groups
- Polarity and Hydrogen Bonding: Dive into the molecular features that determine polarity and hydrogen bonding, and understand how these affect physical properties.
- Acid-Base Chemistry: Learn to identify acids, bases, electrophiles, and nucleophiles, and predict their reactions based on structure and pKa values. Get hands-on with Lewis acid–base reactions using curved arrows to illustrate electron flow.
- Functional Groups: Explore the general classes of organic compounds and their unique molecular features.
🌿 Section 3: Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes
- Alkane Isomerization: Draw and name all possible isomers of alkanes, and analyze their physical properties to explain trends in boiling points and solubilities.
- Conformations and Stability: Examine alkane conformations and cycloalkanes, understanding the factors that influence their stability and predict the most stable conformations.
👩🔬 Section 4: The Study of Chemical Reactions
- Mechanisms of Reactions: Propose mechanisms for simple chemical reactions, such as free-radical halogenation. Gain insights into the steps and intermediate products involved in these transformations.
Why Join This Course? ✅ Clear and Comprehensive Content: Each section is designed to build upon the previous one, ensuring a solid foundation of knowledge that will help you navigate organic chemistry with confidence. 🚀 Engaging Multimedia: With a variety of multimedia resources, including videos, quizzes, and interactive exercises, learning becomes an immersive experience. 🤝 Expert Guidance: Dr. Gilad James brings years of teaching experience and a passion for organic chemistry to provide you with clear explanations and expert insights. 🔍 Real-World Applications: Beyond the basics, this course will show you how organic chemistry principles are applied in real-world scenarios, bringing the subject to life.
Join us on this journey through the fascinating world of organic chemistry. Sign up for "Organic Chemistry: How to Build People" today and transform your approach to understanding complex molecules! 🎥📚✏️
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