EVERY Organic Mechanism You NEED To Know｜AQA A Level Chemistry Revision

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This video is intended to be an ultimate guide and revision on EVERY organic chemistry curly arrow mechanism you need to know for your A Level chemistry exams under the AQA specification, helping you revise and prepare for your paper 2 and 3 exams.

🔍 In this video, we cover:
00:00 - Intro and breakdown of video
00:25 - Nucleophilic substitution of halogenoalkanes (haloalkanes)
10:22 - Elimination of halogenoalkanes
13:25 - Electrophilic addition of alkenes
21:59 - Acid catalysed hydration of ethene
24:15 - Acid catalysed elimination of alcohols
26:29 - Nucleophilic addition of ketones and aldehydes
30:58 - Nucleophilic addition-elimination of acyl chlorides
36:57 - Electrophilic substitution of benzene (nitration and Friedel-Crafts acylation)

PLEASE NOTE: I did NOT include the free radical substitution mechanism of alkanes because it does not involve curly arrows - so ensure you learn the initiation, propagation, and termination step equations for this as it's in the spec!

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📖 Huge shoutout to the resources used to make this video:

📚 Although this tutorial focuses on AQA, the concepts covered here are also applicable to other exam boards, such as OCR and Edexcel

[alexbesimming]

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[easymodeexams]

This video took me a ton of time to record, edit and render so all likes are greatly appreciated <3

[Roach-euez]

Pulling through in the last few hours before the exam. Goat

[easymodeexams]

I didn't include free radical substitution of alkanes here because it doesn't have any curly arrows for me to draw out for you, but make sure you learn the initiation, propagation and termination step equations for that as it's in the AQA spec!

[hafi]

Life saver!! You, eliot rintoul, machemguy and allery chemistry are what’s getting me through this

[maryammm]

i really like how u tell little stories for each step of the reactions, its so cute and makes it easier to remember and also fun!

[wuhduh]

The next Eliot Rintoul over here! Thanks this is a really solid video, I love the format

[amishbee]

I was JUST LOOKING for someone to do this 😊

[light]

im so glad i saw this video and that im taking my a levels this year, since this video is recent, 10 months old. its so good, so simple and consice. a suggestion here is that i think alot of students will find helpful is if you can go through a a level paper, like paper 1 and paper 2. and show your thought process and how to answer questions. love the work man keep it up.

[peachtea]

this is really helpful thank you - could you make a test yourself video with all of the mechanisms and conditions needed? so you show the q and reagent and give time to pause, and the show the answer?

[meow-zxck]

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[rrrvna]

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[saema]

This is a great video to refresh your memory and have a quick look back at soo many biiig organic concepts quickly...
Hope you make more videos like this frequently 👍👍

[ameliap]

Thank you are literally the only thing getting me through a levels I love the way u explain things with little stories

[mayabcd]

this brother is so good, wish I discovered this gem last year not a month before my exams 😓

[maylovebot]

Currently watching thru my tears but hopefully this helps me clutch the exam tmrw

[M-A]

Thank you for all your help i'll be binge watching these videos before my exam, wish I had discovered you earlier 😀

[humanaccount]

U got a like and sub. Much better than memorising the big mind map of organic Synthesis imo. Just in time for paper 2 on Monday too. Cheers . هداك الله

[marysmith]

Could you do a video on all chemical tests we need to know ? Reagents and reactions etc

[DylanRimmer-nrkv]

Litterly sat here 2 hours before my exam hoping this helps me a bit 😭