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Thanks! Students have actually commented that they prefer my whiteboard instruction over the powerpoints with the green screen so I'm actually going back through and re-filming all the ochem lessons using a whiteboard and will be releasing them throughout the school year. Just started releasing the first couple lessons yesterday!
In the CH3CHCHCOCH3 example at 9:00 for example, in both the structures you drew you said that Oxygen is happy with 2 single bonds. Why is that the case when it has 6 V.E. so wouldn't it be happy with only 1 bond which contributes the remaining 2 V.E.? Why does it prefer 2 single bonds when it only has space to bond with 1 pair? Does that mean that in a bond, only one electron per atom is contributed?
These videos are the best! My daughter is studying biology and music in college. She is very busy, especially with Organic Chemistry this semester. I watch your videos so that she & I can have study sessions together. It gives us quality time plus helps her prep for class. Awesome!
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Thanks! Students have actually commented that they prefer my whiteboard instruction over the powerpoints with the green screen so I'm actually going back through and re-filming all the ochem lessons using a whiteboard and will be releasing them throughout the school year. Just started releasing the first couple lessons yesterday!
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At 8:59, would it have been possible to put lone pairs on the Carbon and Oxygen to fill their octet?
I'm a student and don't have an answer, but I find this to be a very good question. I hope someone can answer it.
In the CH3CHCHCOCH3 example at 9:00 for example, in both the structures you drew you said that Oxygen is happy with 2 single bonds. Why is that the case when it has 6 V.E. so wouldn't it be happy with only 1 bond which contributes the remaining 2 V.E.? Why does it prefer 2 single bonds when it only has space to bond with 1 pair? Does that mean that in a bond, only one electron per atom is contributed?
Yes exactly, in a covalent bond, 2 atoms 'share' a pair of electrons so each atom contributes one electron to the bond