Brant Kedrowski

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Hello everyone! I created this YouTube channel to support my teaching of organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and to serve the larger lea...

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CHEM 235 Lecture 5-13-2026. Covers review for the final exam in organic chemistry 1 at UW-Oshkosh

CHEM 235 Lecture 5-11-2026. Covers halogenation of alkenes and review of other addition reactions.

CHEM 235 Lecture 5-8-2026. Acid catalyzed hydration and hydroboration-oxidation of alkenes.

CHEM 235 Lecture 5-6-2026. Covers hydrohalogenation & hydration of alkenes, and Markovnikov's rule.

CHEM 235 Lecture 5-4-2026. Covers alkene structure and naming, including EZ stereoisomer naming

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-29-2026. Covers review for exam 3.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-27-2026. Converting R-OH into R-Cl and R-Br, and epoxide opening reactions.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-24-2026. Covers alcohol dehydration and converting R-OH into R-X using H-X.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-22-2026. Alcohol naming, Williamson ether synthesis & carbocation rearrangements

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-20-2026. Covers E1 and E2 reactions, competing reactions, and examples.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-17-2026. Covers E2 reaction stereochemistry and introduces the E1 mechanism.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-15-2026. Covers alkene stability and the E2 elimination mechanism.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-13-2026. Covers general feature of elimination reactions and alkene structure.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-8-2026. Covers determining when a substitution mechanism is SN1 or SN2 & review

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-6-2026. Covers the SN1 mechanism and carbocations.

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-3-2026. Covers nucleophile & solvent effects on SN2 reactions, & stereochemistry

CHEM 235 Lecture 4-1-2026. Covers the SN2 mechanism and factors that affect it.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-30-2026. An introduction to alkylhalides and nucleophilic substitution reactions

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-20-2026. Covers kinetics, energy level diagrams, 2nd order & 1st order reactions.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-18-2026. Covers bond cleavage, change in enthalpy, entropy & overall free energy.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-16-2026. Covers polarimetry, %ee, & intro to understanding organic reactions.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-13-2026. Covers RS assignments, diastereomers, meso compounds, and polarimetry.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-11-2026. Covers shortcuts for determining chirality and RS- nomenclature.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-9-2026. Covers stereochemistry chirality, stereogenic centers, & enantiomers.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-4-2026. Review for upcoming exam including working thru exam 1 from spring 2025.

CHEM 235 Lecture 3-2-2026. Covers dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding & physical properties

CHEM 235 Lecture 2-27-2026. Covers functional groups and intermolecular forces.

CHEM 235 Lecture 2-25-2026. Covers conformations of substituted cyclohexanes and alkane oxidation.

CHEM 235 Lecture 2-23-2026. Covers chair conformations of cyclohexane, & axialequatorial positions.

CHEM 235 Lecture 2-20-2026. Covers Newman projections, conformations of ethane and butane, strain.