Formal Charge Shortcut Organic Chemistry Basics Vid 4

Video 4 in the Orgo Basics series helps you understand the concept of formal charge and follows up with a quick and easy shortcut allowing you to come up with formal charges without wasted time and calculations. Multiple examples included

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Just reviewed this video because I'm going back and redoing basic chem, and I needed to review this part, I'm about to go to resonance structures.

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This method really is far superior and also much more intuitive to understand. Thank you. I found this method in another place a few years ago and you have helped me to relocate it. Makes me wonder why they keep pushing the other approach - this cuts to it much more directly.

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OMG!!! I've been struggling with formal charges and trying to remember that loooong formula, you made it SO EASY AND SIMPLE!!!! THANK YOU!!

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