CHM 2120/2520
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Midterm 2 Review Sessions.
IR and H NMR
Spectroscopy
$45
4 Hour Video Tutorial
with Expert PhD Tutor
- How to read and extract information from IR spectra
- Learn 1H NMR concepts such as chemical shift, equivalence, integration and multiplicity to common midterm questions
- How to distinguish molecules using 1H NMR
- Learn to draw 1H NMR spectra from organic molecules
- Learn a technique to putting fragments together for final compound identification for 1H NMR
- Practice questions with tutor on IR and H NMR in step by step!
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!

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Carbonyl Chemistry
Part 1
$45
3 Hour Video Tutorial
with Expert Tutor
- Alcohol oxidations using various oxidizing agents (PCC, Jones reagents etc.)
- Oxymercuration and hydroboration of alkynes.
- Review Friedel-Crafts (FC) acylation.
- Ozonolysis of alkenes.
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!

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Carbonyl Chemistry
Part 2
$45
3 Hour Video Tutorial
with Expert Tutor
- Assessing π-bond electrophile reactivity (e.g., ketone, aldehyde versus ester)
- Ranking leaving groups for carbonyls
- Learn mechanisms for π-bond electrophiles in basic and acidic conditions
- The general mechanism above will cover the following reactions: Gringard reactions, NaBH4/LiAlH4 reductions, cyanohydrides, saponification, transesterification, amide formation, imines, acetals, transesterification, hydrolysis and amide formations.
- Learn to describe and justify how to manipulate an equilibrium to favour either products or reactants for carbonyl chemistry.
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!

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Midterm 1 Review Sessions.
Organic I Review
(Problem Solving)
$45
4 Hour Video Tutorial
with Expert Tutor
- The Review Session will mainly focus on problem solving from past midterms/assignments, the following topics will be covered:
- Atomic and molecular orbitals (this includes drawing bonding, non-bonding and antibonding orbitals)
- Resonance (including identifying major/minor structures and resonance hybrids)
- Drawing Chairs and Newman projections
- Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
- Acid-base chemistry (pKa and assessing conjugate bases)
- Review ALL Organic I reactions
- All students attending Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms.

CHM2120/2520: Problem Solving: Organic I Review
$45.00
- Get a better understanding of atomic and molecular orbitals (this includes drawing bonding, non-bonding and antibonding orbitals)
- Learn to draw resonance forms (and be able to identify major and minor structures)
- Comfortably switch between chairs, Newman projections, and line structures
- Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
- Learn to become an expert with acid-base chemistry by understanding pKa and how to assess the strength of a lone pair
- Many examples from midterms/exams administered at uOttawa!
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Substitution and
Elimination Reactions
$45
3 Hour Video Tutorial
with Expert Tutor
- Step by step guide for differentiating between E1/SN1 vs. SN2
- Nucleophile strength, dead solvents and only base reagents
- Carbocation properties and stability
- 1,2-shifts and ring expansion for carbocations
- Evaluating various leaving groups (L.G.)
- Making OH groups into L.G.
- SN1 mechanism and stereochemistry
- SN2 mechanism and stereochemistry
- Review how to make and react with epoxides
- E2 mechanism and identifying major and minor products (Zaitsev vs. Hoffmann)
- Review how to make and react with epoxides
- Learn to draw transition states and energy diagrams
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms.

CHM2120/2520: SN and E Reactions
$45.00
- Full understanding of how to use/draw energy diagrams and transition states
- Learn to differentiate between a base and a nucleophile
- Understand carbocations and when to do a 1,2-shift
- How to tell if you have a leaving group for SN and E reactions
- SN1 and E1 mechanism specifics
- Solvents and rates for SN1 and E1
- Many examples from midterms/exams administered at uOttawa!
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As a PhD graduate from the University of Ottawa, he has worked along with many of the CHM 2120/2520 Professors. His lesson plans will always begin with must-know fundamental concepts and end with examples from previous midterms and final exam questions.
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