Chemistry Video and Audio Lectures

Great news my friends! I just graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Physics from University of Latvia! :)

Back to the lecture business, this month I have prepared a batch of chemistry video and audio lectures from various universities. Lectures include: general chemistry, organic chemistry, food chemistry, drug chemistry, biochemistry, physical chemistry, contemporary chemistry and chemistry demonstrations.


General Chemistry (Chem 1A, University of California Berkeley)

• General Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions.

Course topics:
Atoms, Molecules, Stoichiometry. Atomic Structures, Molecular Formulae. Solutions, Reactions and Bulk Matter. Light Waves, Absorption, Emission. Light, Particles, Photons. Matter: Particles/Waves. Quantum Mechanics: H Atom. Quantum Mechanics Orbitals. Spin, Pauli Principle, Electronic Configurations. Periodic Properties, Trends. Chemical Bonds, Lewis Structures. Covalent Bonding, Resonance. Molecular Structure, VSEPR, Isomers. Covalent, Ionic Bonding, MOs. Hybridization MOs, Resonance. Ideal Gases, Compressibility, Absolute Temperature. Kinetic Gas Theory. Real Gases, Phase Transitions. Thermodynamics: First Law. Thermochemistry, Enthalpy. Specific Heat, Calorimetry, Metabolism. Bond Energies. Entropy, Second Law. Entropy, Second Law. Equilibrium, Mass Action. Equilibrium, Temperature, Le Chatelier. Free Energy, Equilibrium Constant. Heterogeneous Equilibrium. Strong Acids and Bases, pH. Weak Acids and Bases, pK. Titration of Weak Acids. Buffers, Indicators, Acid Strength. Polyprotic Acids, Amino Acids. Reducton Potentials. Galvanic Cells. Nuclear and Radiochemistry. Nuclear Applications. UC Berkeley and the Actinides.


General Chemistry (CHEM 120, McGill University)

• General Chemistry Video Lectures I
• General Chemistry Video Lectures II
  

Course description:
A study of the macroscopic properties of molecules. How Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics can be used to understand equilibrium balances in nature, with applications to simple organic reactions, acid-base chemistry, solubility and materials, molecular kinetics, and electrochemistry.


General Chemistry (CHEM 6A, 6B and 6C, UCSD - University of California San Diego)

• General Chemistry Audio Lectures I
• General Chemistry Audio Lectures II
• General Chemistry Audio Lectures III
  

Lectures are in podcast (audio) format.

Course topics:
Atoms and Molecules, Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, States of Matter, Thermodynamics, Solutions and Colloids, Kinetics, Physical Equilibria, Chemical Equilibria, Acids and Bases, Aqueous Equilibria.


Introduction to Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 212, McGill University)

• Intro to Organic Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.

Course topics:
Chemical Structure Families. Chemistry Nomenclature. Alkanes. Chirality. Stereo Nomenclature. Alkyl Halides. Alkenes. Alkynes. Aromatics.


Introduction to Organic Chemistry II (CHEM 222, McGill University)

• Intro to Organic Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds and amines with special attention to mechanistic aspects.


Organic Chemistry (Chemistry 230, Rio Hondo College)

• Organic Chem Video Lectures
  

Lecture topics:
Functional Groups. Nomenclature of Alkanes, Alkyl Halides, and Ethers. Nomenclature of Cycloalkanes. Nomenclature of Alcohols. Nomenclature of Alkenes and Alkynes.


Organic Chamistry Reference Lectures (Haverford College, professor Claude E. Wintner)

• Organic Chemistry Reference Videos
  

Course topics:
Methane. Saturated Hydrocarbons. Structure - Isomers. Ethane (n-Ethane). Propane (n-Propane). Butane and Isobutane. C5H12, C6H13, C7H16 Hydrocarbons. Enantiomerism. CIP. Diastereoisomerism. Hydrocarbon Rings. Stereotopism. Carbon Bonding. Carbon Polyene Systems. Thermodynamics and Kinetics. Functionality. Acidity and Basicity. Oxidation and Reduction. Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions. Unimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions. Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes. Carbonyl Group. Alcohol Synthesis via Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group. Nucleophilic Substitution at the Carbonyl Group. Consequences of Hydrogen Acidity at Carbonyl alpha-Carbon - Aldol and Related Reactions. Carbohydrates. Retrosynthetic Analysis.


Contemporary Chemistry (Audio, Chemistry 1105, College of DuPage)

• Contemporary Chemistry Audio Lectures
  

Course topics:
Measurements, Introduction to Atoms, Electronic Structures, Nuclear Forces and Radioactivity, Applications of Radiation, States of Matter and Gases, Balls and Sticks, Energy, Acids and Bases, Oxidation Reduction, Organic Chemistry, Fossil Fuels, Polymers.


World of Chemistry (CHEM 180, McGill University)

• World of Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
This course makes use of extensive visual materials. It covers water, air pollution, sick-building syndrome, the chemistry of the car, energy (fossil fuel, nuclear), environmental accidents, household products, computers and cosmetics including skin, teeth, hair, and smells.


World of Food Chemistry (CHEM 150, McGill University)

• Food Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
A series of lectures on the historical, practical, and simple chemical aspects of: food, food additives, vitamins, minerals, diet and cancer, dieting, water.


World of Drug Chemistry (CHEM 170, McGill University)

• Drugs Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course topics:
Drug History, Toxicology, Aspirin, Headaches and Migraines, Cold Remedies, Heart Chemistry, Allergies, Antibiotics, CNS Drugs, Tobacco, Pain Killers, Medical Quackery, Hormones, Chemistry of Love, Street Drugs, Designer Drugs, Marketing of Drugs.


Structural Biochemistry (Audio, BIBC 100, University of California San Diego)

• Structural Biochemistry Audio Lectures
  

The lectures are in podcast (audio) format. This course is taking place right now (June 2008) and new lectures are being added as they take place.

Course topics:
Solubility. Structural principles (Proteins, Motifs, Amino Acids, Peptides, DNA, RNA, NMR, X-Ray). Recognition (Protein-DNA, Immune System). Polysaccharides. Glycoproteins, glycolipids. Energy & Signal Transduction (Membranes, Membrane Proteins, Ion Channels, Receptors). Dynamics (Calcium and Oxygen Binding). Catalysis (Proteases). Folding (Folding, Design and Prediction).


Metabolic Biochemistry (Audio, BIBC 102, University of California San Diego)

• Metabolic Biochemistry Audio Lectures
  

The lectures are in podcast (audio) format. This course is taking place right now (June 2008) and new lectures are being added as they take place.

Course topics:
Proteins, Enzymes, Enzyme Kinetics. Enzyme Catalysis. Michaelis-Menten Kinetics. Inhibitors and Enzyme Kinetics. Intro to Allosteric Enzymes. Bioenergetics and Thermodynamics. Phosphate Group Transfers and ATP. Biological Oxidation-Reduction Reactions. Glycolysis. Degradation of Glycogen and Starch. Biosynthesis of Glycogen and Starch. Control of Glycogen Metabolism. Glycogen Storage Diseases. The Citric Acid Cycle (TCA Cycle). Glyoxylate Cycle. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation. The Chemiosmotic Hypothesis. Carbohydrate Metabolism. Pentose Phosphate Pathway. Photosynthesis. Lipids, Fatty Acid Oxidation. Fatty Acid Synthesis. Cholesterol biosynthesis. Polyisoprenoids. Amino Acid Metabolism. The Urea Cycle.


Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (BIOC 212, McGill University)

• Cell Function Video Lectures
  

Course description:
An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.


General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MCB 110, UC Berkeley)

• Biochem and Molecular Biology Video Lectures
• Course Website
  

Course topics:
DNA Structure. RNA Structure. DNA Polymerases. DNA Replication. DNA Analysis Methods. Chromatin and Chromosome Structure. Genome Structures. Genomics and Bioinformatics. Human Disease Genes. DNA Damage and Repair. Prokaryotic Transcription Apparatus. Eukaryotic Transcription Apparatus. RNA Processing. Biological Membranes. Transport Across Membranes. Membrane Trafficking. Facilitated Difussion. Membrane Potential and Nerve Impulses. Ciculatory Pathway. Signal Sequence Hypothesis. Golgi. Glucose Mobilization. Integrin Signaling. Cell Signaling and Apoptosis.


Physical Chemistry (CHEM 204, McGill University)

• Physical Chemistry Video Lectures
  

Course description:
Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.


Speeches by Nobel Laureates in Chemistry (at Imperial College, UK)

• Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Videos
  

Speakers:
Geoffrey Wilkinson: "Organometallic chemistry". Derek Barton: "Conformational Analysis". Lord George Porter: "Photochemistry". Robert B. Woodward: "Cephalosporin C". Harry Kroto: "Bucky Tubes".


Videos of Nobel Lectures in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999

• Ahmed Zewail: "Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000

• Alan Heeger: "Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth Generation of Polymeric Materials"

• Hideki Shirakawa: "The Discovery of Polyacetylene Film: The Dawning of an Era of Conducting Polymers"

• Alan G. MacDiarmid: "Synthetic Metals"

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001

• William S. Knowles: "Asymmetric Hydrogenations"
  

• Ryoji Noyori: "Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Technology"
  

• K. Barry Sharpless: "The Search for New Chemical Reactivity"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002

• John B. Fenn: "Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants"

• Koichi Tanaka: "The Origin of Macromolecule Ionization by Laser Irradiation"

• Kurt Wüthrich: "NMR Studies of Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules"

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

• Peter Agre: "Aquaporin Water Channels"
  

• Roderick MacKinnon: "Potassium Channels and the Atomic Basis of Selective Ion Conduction"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

• Aaron Ciechanover: "Intracellular Protein Degradation"
  

• Avram Hershko: "The Ubiquitin System for Protein Degradation and some of its Roles in the Control of the Cell Division Cycle"
  

• Irwin Rose: "Ubiquitin at Fox Chase"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005

• Yves Chauvin: "Olefin Metathesis: The Early Days"
  

• Robert H. Grubbs: "Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for the Preparation of Molecules and Materials"
  

• Richard R. Schrock: "Multiple Metal-Carbon Bonds for Catalytic Metathesis Reactions"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

• Roger D. Kornberg: "The Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription"
  

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007

• Gerhard Ertl: "Reactions at Solid Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity"
  

Chemistry Demonstrations

• Chemistry Demonstration Videos
  

Demos include:
Measurements, Elements and Compounds, Stoichiometry, Gases, Thermochemistry, Structure of the Atom, Periodic Table, Covalent Bond, Main-Group Metals, Nonmetals, Acids and Bases, Transition Metal Chemistry, Structure of Solids, Liquids, Solutions, Gas-Phase Reactions, Acid-Base Equilibria, Solubility Product and Complex Equilibria, Oxidation-Reduction Reactions, Electrochemistry, Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics, Nuclear Chemisty, Chemistry of Carbon, Polymers.


Other Chemistry Video Lectures

7-Essential Highlights of Quantum-Mechanical Concepts in Chemical-Physics (by Michael Kasha)

• Lecture by Michael Kasha
  

Thanks to The Vega Science Trust for making the lecture available.

Chemistry Video Lectures at VideoLectures.net

• Chemistry at videolectures.net
  

Lectures include:
"Liquid Crystal Elastomers", "Topology, structure and defects in carbon nanosystems", "Self-assembly of Nematic colloids", "Spectroscopy", "Poliamids", and others.


Ps. If the links to McGill University lectures do not work, try visiting their "Courses Online" website.

Have fun and until next time!


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