Fields of Study

Organometallic Reactions

Organometallics

This video looks at some basics about organometallics.

Organolithium

This video looks at the preparation of organolithium

Organomagnesium

In this video tutorial we look at the preparation of organomagnesium or the grignard reagent.

Organoboron

This video looks at the preparation of organoboron.

Organocuprates

This video looks at the preparation for an organocuprate.

Coupling Reaction Using Organocuprates

This video looks at how to predict product for a coupling reaction using organocuprates (the Gillman Reagent).

Suzuki Reaction

This video tutorial looks at the product prediction for the Suzuki reaction.

Suzuki Mechanism

This video tutorial looks at the Suzuki mechanism one step at a time.

Heck Reaction

This video tutorial looks at the product prediction for the Heck reaction.

Heck Mechanism

This video tutorial looks at the Heck mechanism one step at a time.

Metathesis

This video tutorial looks at the product prediction for the metathesis of alkenes and alkynes.

Wacker Process

This video tutorial briefly covers the basics for product prediction when dealing with the Wacker Process.

Wacker Process Mechanism Description

This video looks at each of the individual steps of the Wacker Process to understand what is happening. We cannot look at the how (in terms of electron pushing) because this mechanism is still not fully understood and elucidated.