The Wittig Reaction Mechanism Made Easy! (Funky Box) - Organic Chemistry

It's time for the Wittig Reaction Mechanism to be made easy! Follow me in my walk-through video and we can do the mechanism together. I also provide some useful tips that you guys should try to apply for any mechanism in Organic Chemistry II.
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  • @fatimashafiuidris2544
    @fatimashafiuidris25444 жыл бұрын

    He’s so amazing... I really recommend him, his lectures are so interactive and broken down for greater understanding.

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fatima Shafi'u Idris Thank you!! 😍😍 Good job 2014 Frank! -2019 Frank

  • @fatimashafiuidris2544

    @fatimashafiuidris2544

    4 жыл бұрын

    Frank Wong You’re very welcome dear Frank 💕

  • @skylerw4181
    @skylerw41818 жыл бұрын

    Frank you are a life-saver! Getting me through Ochem 2

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Skyler Williams My pleasure Skyler! :D Glad to know that these vids are working haha. If you'd like to have a chance to win a free hour of tutoring with me or my tutors you can enter my $2.50 Lottery for Free Tutoring! I started it to help raise funds to support my videos and also give you guys another opportunity to interact with me. :] For more info you can check out this link www.Patreon.com/OrgoMadeEasy

  • @KHgoalkeeper21
    @KHgoalkeeper2110 жыл бұрын

    just wanted to say thanks. definitely reinforced my understanding in how the mech works. cheers

  • @terrrirowland5072
    @terrrirowland50728 жыл бұрын

    You have made this so easy to understand! After revising for my exam and not remembering it at all, I have watched your series on Wittig Reactions and feel confident I will be able to complete any question they decide to throw at us!

  • @elmetfano
    @elmetfano10 жыл бұрын

    Frank, the editing and structure of your videos has developed so nicely. I'm even further understanding my understanding of orgo. Best of luck with whatever you to choose do and thanks!!

  • @bethhunter1756
    @bethhunter17568 жыл бұрын

    Just thought I'd say you definitely made it easy! I was studying it in class and it made sense there too, but trying to do questions I got a bit confused again and yours definitely helped, especially because you used different colour pens! You're also very easy to understand and follow along with, love the 'hello' at the start :)

  • @dawasherpa804
    @dawasherpa8043 жыл бұрын

    you are very detailed about the mechanism and thorough. Thank you! it's really important to understand "WHY" certain steps happen. you made it so clear..... thanks

  • @RoniBlackmon
    @RoniBlackmon8 жыл бұрын

    Yayy, I might actually pass this exam now. Never thought i'd understand this reagent! YOU ROCK, THANKS!!

  • @dianash.6495
    @dianash.64953 жыл бұрын

    Oh my God, thank you so much for these videos about the Wittig reaction! (I know they're old, but I'm so happy to find them). You're a great teacher!

  • @GabrielaDiaz-ei3ii
    @GabrielaDiaz-ei3ii3 ай бұрын

    You are amazing, the best explaining any organic chemistry topics. Thank you so much!!!!!!!

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    3 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome! Happy to help! 😁 Where are you taking Orgo at?

  • @pedronobrega715
    @pedronobrega7156 жыл бұрын

    Great video Frank! Helped me a lot, thank you!

  • @dominickingridndjandjontam7951
    @dominickingridndjandjontam79519 жыл бұрын

    U're good, easy to follow. Keep it up

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the support Dominick In.!

  • @josphatwambua7324
    @josphatwambua73243 ай бұрын

    This is the first time to comment,,my lecture is a physical class but I come out of the class with zero content,, but this video was really amazing and easy for me,,keep up jonk

  • @ang31027
    @ang310277 жыл бұрын

    you are an awesome tutor ! much love from Toronto Canada ✌😊

  • @annaberlin4008
    @annaberlin4008 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, love your explaination!! I will always remember the box-Mechanism ♥️

  • @yasminasamaha2283
    @yasminasamaha22839 жыл бұрын

    It finally makes sense! THANK YOU !!!

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yasmina Samaha Haha yay! That's awesome to hear! Funky Box!!!

  • @TheCalculator32
    @TheCalculator3210 жыл бұрын

    thanks! this was really helpful :)

  • @newshaghorbanniaa6390
    @newshaghorbanniaa63903 жыл бұрын

    :)was really useful , thank you

  • @Mozo901
    @Mozo90110 жыл бұрын

    Finally, some Ochem II material. Great as always....

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Haha sorry, been held up and busy because of my Physics LA job and senioritis =X. But I do have some other Ochem II material (Acetals/Ketals + Imines/Enamines + H2CrO4 Chromic Acid Jones Reagent etc. in this playlist) kzread.info/head/PLP0TLbeMObSych-cPedP1B1rk_bNVZZKT P.S. your fly is really freaking me out...lol

  • @jessicabednark6710
    @jessicabednark671010 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing this video! You made it easy to understand and you are much more entertaining than my O chem professor!

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Haha no problemo Jessica! :] I'm glad to hear, keep up your hard work!

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    @jameskipkorir68719 жыл бұрын

    nice one franko...thankyou

  • @alisbautista335
    @alisbautista3354 жыл бұрын

    very helpful!!!

  • @Hello275825
    @Hello2758258 жыл бұрын

    Frank ... thank you for your easy to understand explanations and examples! May I ask that when you give an example to complete, that you stand to the side of the white board please? It makes it easier to copy the diagram correctly in my notes, without having to rewind your tutorial. Otherwise, love the content you are sharing!!! x

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sharon Doyle Thanks for the tip Sharon! I'll try to keep in mind when I make new videos :D Thanks for the support! I also have a $2.50 Lottery for Free Tutoring btw! If you'd like to help support my video production and also have a chance to win a Free Tutoring session with me or my tutors (in-person if you're in Boston or via Skype anywhere else in the world!) You can get more info here: www.Patreon.com/OrgoMadeEasy

  • @petproject2347
    @petproject23478 жыл бұрын

    I'm a little late to the Frank Wong party, but this is the first time after 7 months in Org 1 and 2 I've had anything more than a tenuous grasp on a mechanism. Thank you!

  • @wafulamoses6861
    @wafulamoses68615 жыл бұрын

    powerful! following live from kenya

  • @gatorboydomino
    @gatorboydomino10 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful explanation, I'm taking my DAT next month and although specific mechanisms won't be on the exam, this helps a ton with predicting products. Thanks and you're cute. :)

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad I could be of help Dominique! Keep up the hard work. Let me get some discounts when you become a dentist ;) haha

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    @TheMcallist19 жыл бұрын

    You're the man Frank

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    @veronicanakhla55827 жыл бұрын

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  • @TheStepheart
    @TheStepheart9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot ! You helped me !

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheStepheart Thanks for the feedback :D, I'm happy to hear it. If you'd like to help support these videos and get a chance at getting free tutoring with me you can do so at my Patreon page (www.patreon.com/OrgoMadeEasy). :]

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    @jericho2319949 жыл бұрын

    You da real MVP

  • @kratik1416
    @kratik14164 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a bunch! You’ve saved my life

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chayaporn Namwong FUNKY BOX 📦 FTW 😄

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    @elizabethmills83086 жыл бұрын

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    @viktoria2388 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome!!!

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    @meloney556 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! thank you :)

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    @hyatt90115 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!!

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    @amalinsofearozani2157 жыл бұрын

    hey do you know how to determine streoselectivity of product from NMR?

  • @bharathimh5351
    @bharathimh53516 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir ,could you please make a videos regarding retrosynthetic analysis of organic molecules

  • @stephmata
    @stephmata8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!!

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    @zhaofengzheng29238 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

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    @manellemon9 жыл бұрын

    thank u so much

  • @goldenfalcon4043
    @goldenfalcon40439 жыл бұрын

    So helpful, thank you.

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Golden Falcon No problem! :D Btw if you'd like to get more reliable updates/enter my Tutoring Lottery for a chance to get an hour of free tutoring with me, you can do so at my Patreon page (www.patreon.com/OrgoMadeEasy)

  • @goldenfalcon4043

    @goldenfalcon4043

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ohh thank you Frank

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    @adedoyinsolaogungbesan8956 жыл бұрын

    Please can you make videos on claissen condensation and adol condensation reaction. You're a live saver. I had be

  • @Chrisx132
    @Chrisx1327 жыл бұрын

    top and bottom attacks of the carbonyl group to form the two alkene isomers?

  • @hadiamishal7132
    @hadiamishal71325 жыл бұрын

    Thank u so muxh 😊👌

  • @jobinjohn3868
    @jobinjohn386810 жыл бұрын

    thanks you soo much...really helped.....want more from u....:)

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    @nilshaghosh14245 жыл бұрын

    Thank u soo much.. 😁

  • @Brooke-hy7ey
    @Brooke-hy7ey7 жыл бұрын

    If I put a negative charge instead of a double bond between the oxygen and the P on the first reaction would that be wrong? if so how do I know that a double bond is formed between the oxygen and the P?

  • @nooriraq9610
    @nooriraq96108 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @user-sd5lu2ym3n
    @user-sd5lu2ym3n6 жыл бұрын

    Where do you end up using this in "work"? I'm entering college and am having a hard time understanding why one might use this later in life

  • @smol_chilli_pepper
    @smol_chilli_pepper6 жыл бұрын

    2:21 haha you're too cute i swear. You have no idea how youre saving me right now. Trying to learn from the textbook is painful.

  • @lisaanne7360
    @lisaanne736010 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOU

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    lisa anne Thanks for watching! :] Hope you ace all the Wittig questions on your exams.

  • @chalermkwanpongkietisak6450
    @chalermkwanpongkietisak645010 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!! You're awesomeee!!! your explanation is way better than my professor lol

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chalermkwan :], I'm really glad to hear you found my video helpful. The Wittig reaction is actually pretty cool right?

  • @Karthik-kt24

    @Karthik-kt24

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@OrgoMadeEasy Yes it is cool...I am from India...and this video is still helping after 5 years...Thank you Frank Wong Sir 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Ecastellanos2011
    @Ecastellanos20119 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome Frank! Thank You so much! My only question is shouldn't the final product be trans and not cis?

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Good question Edgar! I'm unfortunately not too sure myself but I was just taught that as long as the Ylide doesn't have any resonance in it other than the P-C bond then you will have the Z- Product. But let's say there is a carbonyl C=O group near the negative carbon and can resonate with it then you would have the E- Product.

  • @EvenelShadowPierre
    @EvenelShadowPierre10 жыл бұрын

    LOL Finally!!

  • @FatimaFatima-uk5ti
    @FatimaFatima-uk5ti4 жыл бұрын

    Bs chemistry And every semester i watch dis video 😂 its been 2 yrs 4 semester and i always watch it

  • @ronitmandal7301
    @ronitmandal73016 жыл бұрын

    Do you know blackpenredpen ?

  • @adolfoberropizzarossa7360
    @adolfoberropizzarossa73609 жыл бұрын

    Great video! but it isn't clear to me why the Z-alkene is preferably formed. Thank you very much for your contributions!

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    9 жыл бұрын

    Adolfo Berro Pizzarossa I'm not quite sure myself but I know for sure if the Ylide is resonance stabilized then you will form the E-alkene and if there is no resonance stabilization then you form the Z-alkene.

  • @Nobuhle412
    @Nobuhle41210 жыл бұрын

    HEY WONG IM FROM SOUTH AFRICA U REALLY GOOD BUT DONT U HAVE VIDEOS TO DOWNLOAD I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN THE TEXTBOOK

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hey there! That's really cool, it's awesome that I could help someone so far away :]. I unfortunately don't have any videos to download, but you can just watch all the ones that I have up here on my KZread Channel. Good luck!

  • @daniniky
    @daniniky10 жыл бұрын

    you forgot to say why the Wittig reaction give Z or E alkenes (stabilized ylides give E alkenes while unstabilised ylides gives Z alkenes)

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hi, great point! To be honest this was never discussed in my class and I haven't been able to find much resources online which discusses this so I'm afraid I can't explain why behind this. =X

  • @daniniky

    @daniniky

    10 жыл бұрын

    Frank Wong It is relatively easy as stabilized ylides that can form double bonds (for example with ketones) form already the E alkenes by steric effects and thats why they they form the E while unstabilized alkenes form the Z alkene kinetically (it have to do with the way they approach to each other, it might be easier to see using molecular orbitals)

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hmm interesting, if you have time you should do a quick tutorial video on it explaining with the molecular orbitals ;)

  • @GRZESIEK-cs6kd
    @GRZESIEK-cs6kd10 жыл бұрын

    This reaction is not reversible, so why did you put two arrows?

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    10 жыл бұрын

    Ah woops good point, the overall reaction and the very last step should have a single head arrow. But the other arrows should be equilibrium arrows. Like what you see here: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wittig_Reaction_Mechanism.png/500px-Wittig_Reaction_Mechanism.png

  • @GRZESIEK-cs6kd

    @GRZESIEK-cs6kd

    10 жыл бұрын

    Frank Wong True, The general scheme of the reaction and the last step in the mechanism need to have a single head arrow. It's important. :-)

  • @saiaditya4787
    @saiaditya47879 күн бұрын

    nitaigaur

  • @MyVispi
    @MyVispi2 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation is very good but please speak loudly because many times I can hardly hear you.

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    @hiromishimada72004 жыл бұрын

    Marry me lmao

  • @bethhunter1756
    @bethhunter17568 жыл бұрын

    Just thought I'd say you definitely made it easy! I was studying it in class and it made sense there too, but trying to do questions I got a bit confused again and yours definitely helped, especially because you used different colour pens! You're also very easy to understand and follow along with, love the 'hello' at the start :)

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bethany Hunter Thanks Bethany! I'm happy to hear that my vid could help. :] If you're interested in helping support my channel and also getting a chance to win a free hour of tutoring with me check out my Patreon page: www.Patreon.com/OrgoMadeEasy. I have Lottery set up there for Free Tutoring :]. Best of luck studying!

  • @bethhunter1756

    @bethhunter1756

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Frank Wong I had a test just after watching the video, and the Wittig question involved making an alkyne, not alkene in ours, which threw a lot of people off, so yes it helped me figure that one out. And the E/Z. I live in Australia and don't have skype, so probably wouldn't be much use to me. All the best.

  • @OrgoMadeEasy

    @OrgoMadeEasy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bethany Hunter Nice!! Way to figure it out! And ah I see, nevermind then. That's pretty cool though that my vid. could make it all the way down to Australia. All the best to you as well!

  • @mariaairam7277

    @mariaairam7277

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Frank Wong Watching this from Aussie too haha. I almost cried not understanding the box mechanism when I was studying on my own. I gave up after two hours and watched your video, and it's perfect. Products are easy for me but the box mechanism was very difficult. I have an og2 exam tomorrow, wish me success! Thank you very much Frank!!!!!