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Toward undergraduate chemistry
Three opening lessons: detailed atomic orbitals, spectroscopies (NMR, IR), reaction mechanisms. Material to enter undergraduate chemistry confidently.
- 01
Introduction to atomic orbitals
s, p, d orbitals: geometry, quantum numbers. Why they explain covalent bonding better.
12 min - 02
NMR and IR spectroscopy (intro)
Principles of proton NMR and infrared spectroscopy. How to read a simple spectrum.
12 min - 03
Introduction to reaction mechanisms
Curved arrows, elementary steps, reactive intermediates. First mechanism: SN2.
11 min