Chapter 17 – Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds: Part 2 of 4

In this video I'll begin teaching you about how carbonyl compounds react. I begin by comparing their mechanism to a man getting hit in the groin with a football. I then teach specific reaction examples, which include reactions of acyl (acid) chlorides, acid anhydrides, esters, carboxylic acids, and amides. --Dr. Mike Christiansen from Utah State University

[shanaeaerts]

Brilliant. Engaging, concise, thorough and with a contagious passion for the subject. Please keep it up!

[kseniakrassini]

You are a wonderful teacher! Yes, I can imagine that these videos take a lot of time and effort to make. I had to make a video in colloid chemistry as a home assignment and it really wasn't all that easy even if the video lasted about four minutes. However, please know that there are people (like me!) who really appreciate the fact that you're making these videos. I'm definitely looking forward to general chemistry and inorganic chemistry videos.

[lisavanseters]

Yay! I wont fail now! Finally found a video thank i can watch without falling asleep haha. Thank-you so much for doing this! Please continue to help us! You're awesome!

[inzimamulhaq]

this is something u have special in man and the football matter is really interesting...any thanks mike.i am expecting for ur physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry lecture videos.

[chemistryunleashed]

You're very welcome. Thanks for the praise!

[chemistryunleashed]

Thank you. I will gradually put out my inorganic general chemistry lectures this coming school year. Good luck!

[chemistryunleashed]

Thanks! I really do appreciate knowing that I'm helping people out there. That's why I do this. I will keep it up . . . albeit (probably) somewhat slowly. This coming year, starting in the fall, I'll begin to post new videos almost weekly in both organic and general (inorganic chemistry). Thanks again for watching, and thank you for your kind words!

[alexfedorenko]

I promised myself to send you a thick check if i will get in to dental school with your help Doctor! you are my the best professor, even though i never saw you in person! so good for review and DAT preparation! 
Thank you so much!

[chemistryunleashed]

Thanks for your compliments, and you are very welcome for my videos.

[jessicasierraweissman]

LOL you make learning orgo enjoyable. You're the reason I aced orgo 1 and now I'm about to do it again in orgo 2!:) sending thanks from Rutgers U!

[chemistryunleashed]

Yeah, sorry about that. I promise I will, eventually, post the answers. It takes a lot of time to produce these videos, and sadly my current semester load is extremely demanding. I promise I will post them this summer, though, so stay tuned.

[NguyenNgoc-xurk]

Wish u were my professor . I am struggling this o chem 2. I just want to quit but ur lessons is helping. I hope I will pass this class 😭

[chemistryunleashed]

Thanks. These videos do take a lot of time and work to make. I probably won't have general, inorganic chemistry videos out for awhile, other the the two I've just posted in my "Free General Chemistry Lectures" playlist. Good luck!

[chemistryunleashed]

Excellent question. I have a great video answering that question. It's entitled "Free O-Chem Lectures for MCAT, DAT, PCAT, and GRE prep." You can find it by typing "Christiansen chemistry orbitals" into YouTube's Search box. Please let me know if you have further questions.

[TheKeyzebron]

I'm grateful for these videos. They help me lot. I do have a question though.  at 27:26, the example in the reaction of the amide did not yield into a carboxylic acid instead it produces an ester?

[JL-vbvc]

I was upset you didnt leave answers to those questions... im not in your class! but thank you so much!

[viola]

Can i ask something? You told us that you have given some lab class. Can we find in you tube. If yes under what name?

[tubezee]

At 23:30 formation of a Nitrile from amide, where did you get the R_2 in the product and did you mean to put a double bond (C=O) for the amide in the product?

[madetopostcomments]

Hi Dr. Christiansen 

@14:52 when forming aspirin why is it that the OH substituent acts as the nucleophile and not the carboxylic acid's OH group? Is it because carbonyl is so electron withdrawing that when the OH on it is deprotonated it reduces the nucleophilicity of the O(-) thus the, OH substituent since it doesn't have this electron withdrawing group directly attached is more nucleophilic due to a more concentrated negative charge?

Also with DCC, can I only use this to make amides in the end or can I use it to knock off the OH group of the carboxylic acid and then substitute with whatever I want?

Thank you!

[tulsipankhania]

HI, i have a question...
what does sp^2 and sp^3 mean? and also, what does hybridized mean?