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Organic Chemistry lessons

9 sections · 47 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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Organic Chemistry

Practice 47 skills across this outline.

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Spectroscopy: IR and 1H NMR Recognition
Organic Chemistry Problem-Solving & Skills
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
9 categories
Organic Chemistry Problem-Solving & Skills
11%
Structure, Bonding & Reactivity Foundations
11%
Mechanisms & Reaction Fundamentals
11%
Stereochemistry & Conformations
11%
Substitution and Elimination
11%
Alkene and Alkyne Addition Reactions
11%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of organic chemistry — drill into a card to work its skills.

Organic Chemistry Problem-Solving & Skills

6 core skills11% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Spectroscopy: IR and 1H NMR RecognitionRecommended
Long-form
2
Purification Basics (Extraction, Recrystallization, Distillation)Available
Long-form
3
Multi-Step Synthesis: Functional Group InterconversionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Structure DrawingAvailable
Long-form
5
Predicting Major Products: Regioselectivity and StereoselectivityAvailable
Long-form
6
Reaction Conditions and Reagent RecognitionAvailable
Long-form

Structure, Bonding & Reactivity Foundations

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
2
Aromaticity Basics (Hückel Rule)Available
Long-form
3
Acid–Base Concepts (pKa, Conjugates)Available
Long-form
5
Hybridization, Bonding, and Molecular GeometryAvailable
Long-form
6
Functional Groups: Identification and PropertiesAvailable
Long-form
7
Nucleophiles and Electrophiles: Recognizing ReactivityAvailable
Long-form

Mechanisms & Reaction Fundamentals

6 core skills11% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Leaving Groups and Substrate EffectsAvailable
Long-form
2
Kinetics vs Thermodynamics in Product DistributionsAvailable
Long-form
3
Common Rearrangements (Hydride/Alkyl Shifts)Available
Long-form
4
Reaction Coordinate Diagrams and Transition StatesAvailable
Long-form
5
Curved-Arrow Formalism and Mechanistic BookkeepingAvailable
Long-form
6
Intermediates: Carbocations, Carbanions, RadicalsAvailable
Long-form

Stereochemistry & Conformations

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
R/S Configuration (CIP Rules)Available
Long-form
2
Cyclohexane Conformations: Chair, Axial/EquatorialAvailable
Long-form
3
E/Z and Alkene StereochemistryAvailable
Long-form
4
Enantiomers, Diastereomers, and Meso CompoundsAvailable
Long-form
5
Chirality and Stereocenters: Identify and ClassifyAvailable
Long-form
6
Stereochemical Outcomes in Reactions (Stereo/Regio)Available
Long-form
7
Conformational Analysis: Newman ProjectionsAvailable
Long-form

Substitution and Elimination

6 core skills11% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
SN2 Reactions: Conditions, Stereochemistry, RateAvailable
Long-form
2
Elimination Products: Zaitsev vs HofmannAvailable
Long-form
3
SN1/SN2/E1/E2 Decision FrameworkAvailable
Long-form
4
SN1 Reactions: Carbocation Stability, RearrangementsAvailable
Long-form
5
E2 Reactions: Anti-Periplanar RequirementAvailable
Long-form
6
E1 Reactions and Competing PathwaysAvailable
Long-form

Alkene and Alkyne Addition Reactions

7 core skills11% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Hydroboration–OxidationAvailable
Long-form
2
Ozonolysis and Oxidative Cleavage of AlkenesAvailable
Long-form
3
Addition to Alkynes and Partial ReductionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Electrophilic Addition to AlkenesAvailable
Long-form
5
Hydration Reactions (Acid-Catalyzed, Oxymercuration)Available
Long-form
6
Catalytic Hydrogenation and Reduction ConceptsAvailable
Long-form
7
Halogenation and Halohydrin FormationAvailable
Long-form

IUPAC Nomenclature

3 core skills11% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
IUPAC Naming: Alkenes Alkynes, Alkyl HalidesAvailable
Long-form
2
IUPAC Naming: Functional Group CompoundsAvailable
Long-form
3
IUPAC Naming: Alkanes and CycloalkanesAvailable
Long-form

Conjugated Systems & Dienes

3 core skills11% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Addition to Conjugated DienesAvailable
Long-form
2
Diels–Alder ReactionAvailable
Long-form
3
Conjugated Dienes and Allylic StabilityAvailable
Long-form

Radical Reactions

2 core skills11% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Radical Addition to Alkenes (HBr/Peroxides)Available
Long-form
2
Radical Halogenation: Selectivity and MechanismAvailable
Long-form