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Protecting Groups
I've seen it a thousand times. You wanna do some transformation on a molecule, and it would work so wonderfully if this other functional group wasn't…
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Introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
With QED covered, it's time to move on the quantum chromodynamics, or QCD. This is the QFT that governs the strong nuclear force, so it explains the …
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Leaving Group Derivatives
Sometimes you really wanna do SN2 but the molecule just isn't right for it. But this isn't like a romantic relationship! People don't change, but mol…
2 weeks ago
Introducing the Perfect System in Latin: Present Perfect
The Perfect System is comprised of three tenses that all describe completely finished actions, the present perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. A…
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Retrosynthetic Analysis
These are the hardest problems! You have to think backwards in time? What am I, H. G. Wells?! Relax, friend. You just have to dismantle the target mo…
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Terrence Howard: Back in the Saddle!
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Rob Stadler is Even Dumber Than We Thought (Featuring Gutsick Gibbon and Creation Myths)
Remember when I sat down with Erika and Dan to make fun of Rob Stadler and James Tour? They saw it and got really upset, so they decided to humiliate…
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Disarming Climate Change Denial Tropes (Featuring Peter Hadfield aka Potholer54)
We've covered climate change denial in one video before, which was very thorough, but for a pressing issue like this, one topic is never enough. To h…
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Practice Problem: Drawing Substitution and Elimination Products (SN1/SN2/E1/E2)
I know you guys are dying for more practice choosing between SN1/SN2/E1/E2 mechanisms, so hopefully this one helps a little. Make sure to look at all…
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Late Middle Ages Part 1: Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death
Moving on, we reach the Late Middle Ages, which was a tumultuous time. It included events like the Hundred Years' War and the Black Death. Here we se…
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