A Level Organic Chemistry: Complete Recorded Course

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The whole of AS and A2 organic chemistry for CAIE 9701 in one place: naming and isomerism, every functional group with its reactions and mechanisms, benzene, nitrogen compounds and polymers, and the analytical techniques that finish the paper.

Recorded by Fahad H. Ahmad for Mega Lecture. Watch straight through, or jump to the question type you are stuck on. Every lesson keeps its worked past-paper examples.

Name organic compounds and draw their structural, displayed and skeletal formulae
Recognise structural and stereoisomers, including optical isomers
Reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, carboxylic acids, esters, acyl chlorides and arenes
Write mechanisms: free-radical substitution, electrophilic addition and substitution
Read NMR, infra-red and mass spectra to identify a compound
Answer organic past-paper questions with worked solutions

Course Content

Naming, formulae and functional groups

Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 4 – Naming Organic Compounds, Multiple Functional Groups

43:24
Structural Isomers Part 3 : Functional Group Isomerism

04:38
Structural Formula, Naming Organic Compounds

03:19
Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 3 – Naming Organic Compounds, Homologous Series

40:34
Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 2 – Structural, Displayed & Skeletal Formula, Simple Naming

42:45
Organic Nomenclature Part 1 : Naming simple Alkanes & Alkenes

22:48
Organic Nomenclature Part 5 : Naming Branched Alkanes

12:41
Organic Nomenclature Part 3 : Naming Simple Carboxylic Acids

08:34
Organic Nomenclature Part 2 : Naming Simple Alcohols

11:37
Live AS Class IUPAC Nomenclature and Structural Isomers Introduction

30:30
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Introduction to Homologous Series Part 1

17:38
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Introduction to Homologous Series : Part 2

12:56
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Introduction to Homologous Series : Part 3

11:55
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 3

20:39
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 2

20:07
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 1

09:33
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : ESTERS : Part 3 : Nomenclature

08:50

Isomerism and stereochemistry

Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 5 – Structural Isomers, Stereo Isomers, Geometric Isomers

41:27
Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Stereo Isomers, Geometric Isomers

28:11
What is NOT an Isomer

08:57
Structural Isomers Part 2 : Positional Isomers (Constitutional Isomers)

04:46
Structural Isomers Part 1 : Chain Isomers

10:50
What are Isomers

07:59
Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 6 – Examples of Geometric Isomers

34:41
Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 7 – Optical Isomers, Chiral Centre

34:51
Question on Chirality, Optical Isomers

02:07
Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Geometric Isomers, Cis, Trans (20-8-2020)

27:34
Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Structural Isomers and their Types

37:38
4 – 9701_w19_qp_22 : Alkenes, Oxidation of Alcohols, Isomers, Addition Polymer, Infrared,

18:12
4 – 9701_w17_qp_22 : Reaction Mechanism, Addition Polymer, Nucleophilic Substitution, Stereo Isomers

21:12
20 – 9701_w19_qp_12 : Sructural Isomers, Stereo Isomers, Pi Bonding, Alkenes

04:48

Alkanes, alkenes and free radicals

Part 1 – A Levels Organic Chem, Hybridization, sp3, sp2, Electrophilic Addition, Alkenes

43:17
Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Electrophilic Addition of Alkenes, Bromination, Markovnikov Rule

33:58
Organic Mechanism : Electrophilic Addition of Alkenes : Part 2 : Hydrohalogenation

02:36
Organic Mechanism : Electrophilic Addition of Alkenes : Part 1 : Bromination

11:37
Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Addition and Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes

40:19
3 – Nucleophilic Substitution : Reaction Mechanism Sn2 (Primary Halogenalkanes)

18:57
23 – 9701_w11_qp_11 : Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids, Halogenoalkanes, Halide Test

02:29
5 – Nucleophilic Substitution : Reaction Mechanism for Secondary Halogenalkanes (Sn1 or Sn2)

11:07
4 – Nucleophilic Substitution : Reaction Mechanism Sn1 (Tertiary Halogenalkanes)

17:50
A Levels Organic Chem, Hydrolysis of Chlorobenzene, Halagenoalkane, Acylchloride

38:23
5 – 9701_m19_qp_42 : Addition Polymer, Esters, Nucleophilic Addition, Ketones, Cyanohydrins

09:04
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 6

16:25
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 4

22:32
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 2

19:06
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 5

16:43
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkanes and their Reactions : Part 2

14:20
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 1

19:27
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 3

07:32
Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkanes and their Reactions : Part 1

09:03
Live Class – O Levels GCE, iGCSE – Reactions of Alkanes, Substitution, Cracking

28:22
Live Class – AS Mega lecture – Halagenoalkanes Past Papers

32:57
Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – CFCs and Halagenoalkanes Past Papers

39:14
Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Halogenoalkanes Introduction, Nucleophiles 17-9-2020

11:08
Live Class : O Levels / iGCSE : Alkenes

42:06
Live Class – O Level GCE, iGCSE, GCSE – Addition Polymers, Alcohols, Fermentation

31:07
Live Class – O Levels igcse, gce – Alkenes, Addition Polymers

20:10
21 – 9701_w07_qp_1 : Free Radical Substitution, TetraMethylLead IV, Catalyst

04:10
Redox, Period 3, Molecular Geometry, Halagenoalkanes, Group 17

08:13
37 – 9701_w19_qp_12 : Alkenes, Pi Bonds, Molecular Geometry, Lone Pairs

02:56

Alcohols and phenols

Carbonyls: aldehydes and ketones

Carboxylic acids, esters and acyl chlorides

Benzene and arenes

Nitrogen compounds, amino acids and polymers

Analysis: NMR, infra-red and mass spectrometry

A2 Chem Class on NMR & Mass Spectroscopy

44:49
Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Mass Spectroscopy Part 3

35:16
Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Mass Spectroscopy Part 1

30:22
Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Mass Spectroscopy Part 2

39:03
Question on Mass Spectroscopy for A Levels

05:16
Interpreting Infrared Spectroscopy

15:45
A2 Chem Class : NMR Past Paper Questions

47:17
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Past Paper Questions

57:18
Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Past Paper Practice for NMR

42:35
Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Past Paper Practice for NMR

32:24
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-NMR) : Part 2 : H-NMR Solvents, TMS and Chemical Shift

27:14
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-NMR) : Part 1

32:16
8 – 9701_w14_qp_41 : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-NMR)

22:03
8 – 9701_w13_qp_43 : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-NMR)

17:21
1 – 9701_s15_qp_21 : Relative Atomic Mass, Mass Spectroscopy

04:45
1 – 9701_m17_qp_22 : Relative Atomic Mass, Mass Spectroscopy

04:35
3 – 9701_w18_qp_22 : Hess Law, Ideal Gases, Infrared Spectroscopy

13:13

Mechanisms and past paper practice

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Course Content

Naming, formulae and functional groups

Structural Isomers Part 3 : Functional Group Isomerism

Structural Formula, Naming Organic Compounds

Organic Nomenclature Part 1 : Naming simple Alkanes & Alkenes

Organic Nomenclature Part 5 : Naming Branched Alkanes

Organic Nomenclature Part 3 : Naming Simple Carboxylic Acids

Organic Nomenclature Part 2 : Naming Simple Alcohols

Live AS Class IUPAC Nomenclature and Structural Isomers Introduction

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 3

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Physical Properties of Homologous Series : Part 1

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : ESTERS : Part 3 : Nomenclature

Isomerism and stereochemistry

Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Stereo Isomers, Geometric Isomers

Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 6 – Examples of Geometric Isomers

Live Class – AS Organic Chemistry Part 7 – Optical Isomers, Chiral Centre

Question on Chirality, Optical Isomers

Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Geometric Isomers, Cis, Trans (20-8-2020)

Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Structural Isomers and their Types

4 – 9701_w19_qp_22 : Alkenes, Oxidation of Alcohols, Isomers, Addition Polymer, Infrared,

4 – 9701_w17_qp_22 : Reaction Mechanism, Addition Polymer, Nucleophilic Substitution, Stereo Isomers

20 – 9701_w19_qp_12 : Sructural Isomers, Stereo Isomers, Pi Bonding, Alkenes

Alkanes, alkenes and free radicals

Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Electrophilic Addition of Alkenes, Bromination, Markovnikov Rule

Organic Mechanism : Electrophilic Addition of Alkenes : Part 2 : Hydrohalogenation

Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Addition and Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes

23 – 9701_w11_qp_11 : Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids, Halogenoalkanes, Halide Test

5 – Nucleophilic Substitution : Reaction Mechanism for Secondary Halogenalkanes (Sn1 or Sn2)

A Levels Organic Chem, Hydrolysis of Chlorobenzene, Halagenoalkane, Acylchloride

5 – 9701_m19_qp_42 : Addition Polymer, Esters, Nucleophilic Addition, Ketones, Cyanohydrins

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 6

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 4

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 5

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkanes and their Reactions : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 1

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkenes and their Reactions : Part 3

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alkanes and their Reactions : Part 1

Live Class – AS Mega lecture – Halagenoalkanes Past Papers

Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – CFCs and Halagenoalkanes Past Papers

Live Class – AS Mega Lecture – Halogenoalkanes Introduction, Nucleophiles 17-9-2020

21 – 9701_w07_qp_1 : Free Radical Substitution, TetraMethylLead IV, Catalyst

Redox, Period 3, Molecular Geometry, Halagenoalkanes, Group 17

37 – 9701_w19_qp_12 : Alkenes, Pi Bonds, Molecular Geometry, Lone Pairs

Alcohols and phenols

Part 8 – A Levels Organic Chem, Stregnth of Acids, Alcohols, Phenols, Carboxylic Acids

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alcohols and their Reactions : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Alcohols and their Reactions : Part 1

Live Class – O levels GCE BPC – Oxidation of Alcohols

5 – 9701_w16_qp_23 : Oxidation of Alcohols, Skeletal Formula, Esterfication

Carbonyls: aldehydes and ketones

Aldehyde, Nucleophilic Addition, Esters, Hydrolysis, Nitriles

Carboxylic acids, esters and acyl chlorides

Part 9 – A’level Organic Chem – Acylchlorides, Ester, Comparison of Bases

Why do Carboxylic Acids Ionize in Aqueous State

Comparing Stregnth of Sulfonic Acid with Carboxylic Acid

Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Polyesters, Crosslinking, Branching, Properties of Polymers 15-9-2020

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Part 9 : Hydrolysis of Polyamides

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Part 8 : Polyamides (Proteins)

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Part 7 : Drawing Polyamide Repeat Units

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Part 6 : Introduction to Polyamides

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : ESTERS : Part 1

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : ESTERS : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Carboxylic Acids Reactions : Part 2

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Carboxylic Acids Reactions : Part 1

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Carboxylic Acids Reactions : Part 4

Organic Chemistry for O’Levels : Carboxylic Acids Reactions : Part 3

20 – 9701_s14_qp_13 : Esters, Structural Formula

Benzene and arenes

Part 5 – A Levels Organic Chem, 2,4 directing group & 3 directing group, electrophilic substitution

Part 4 – A Levels Organic Chem, Bromination and Nitration of Benzene, Electrophilic Substitution

Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Electrophilic Substitution Mechanism, 2,4 and 3,5 Directing Groups

Live Class – A2 Mega Lecture – Benzene and Electrophilic Substitution

1 – Benzene : Structure of Benzene, Pi Electron Cloud and sp2 Hybridization

Nitrogen compounds, amino acids and polymers

Analysis: NMR, infra-red and mass spectrometry

Live Class – A2 Chemistry – Mass Spectroscopy Part 3