Alkanes & Cycloalkanes
A 16-module path through alkanes & cycloalkanes, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Alkanes: Saturated Hydrocarbons and sp3 Hybridization
- Constitutional Isomers and the Homologous Series
- IUPAC Nomenclature of Alkanes
- Naming Substituents: Alkyl Groups and Complex Branches
- Classifying Carbons and Hydrogens: 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°
- Physical Properties of Alkanes: Boiling Points and Van der Waals Forces
- Conformations of Ethane: Newman Projections
- Torsional Strain and the Origin of the Ethane Barrier
- Conformations of Butane: Gauche and Anti
- IUPAC Nomenclature of Cycloalkanes
- Ring Strain in Cycloalkanes: Baeyer's Model and Reality
- Conformations of Cyclohexane: Chair and Ring Flip
- Axial and Equatorial Substituents: 1,3-Diaxial Strain
- Cis-Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes
- Bond Dissociation Energies and Radical Stability
- Radical Halogenation of Alkanes: Chain Mechanism and Selectivity