A crash course in organic chemistry | Jakob Magolan

[@Lostpanda123]

The subject is quite easy, the students struggle at it because of the limited time they get to absorb all the new information.

[@grannyspeachtea7764]

Like memorise C(n) H(2n+1)?I don't even remember it correctly

[@Lostpanda123]

another reason why so many struggle, they memorize instead of learning the topics...

[@grannyspeachtea7764]

Uhuh? How do you learn a formula without memorising it? The very definition of a formula is = don't break your head as to how the calculation came to be. And to clarify, I'm a person who dropped out of college because my education system was presupposed to memorising stuff and I absolutely didn't want to study that way. Now I'm self taught.

[@DjiboutiBShowin]

No calculators needed in organic chemistry, unlike gen chem. If you're a visual learner and/or like to draw, orgo has the potential to be both fun & enlightening. Best science class(es) I took in college by far

[@Quintinohthree]

@@grannyspeachtea7764 See, there's your problem. You do need to understand formulas. If you understand that CnH2n+2 comes about from H-(CH2)n-H, then you will never forget it. Better yet, you will never need to learn that formula because you can derive it in no time.

[@pieinyourface1]

He was one of the better speakers I've heard on TED. Really good use of tone, fantastic way of summarizing literally the most complex topic that exists.

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Fascinating! I love these talks that introduce us to complex subjects in such a way that we can become interested in learning more. Thank you!

[@jenniejackson9297]

Mike

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@@jenniejackson9297 Prison

[@dawsonzentz2078]

Tips from someone who got an A in orgo 1 and am now taking orgo 2: orgo 2 is so far identical to orgo 1; it’s mainly synthesis (predicting products)... also, this will be for a class that is taken on MWF, not TTu... you should read every chapter before the lectures. If I were you, in the morning, watch the lectures for the day (or attend lecture), and take notes. Good notes. And that’s all. The next day, do the practice problems even if they aren’t assigned and attempt to understand the material. You have to work on orgo five days a week and honestly one or two days on the weekend. It is very time consuming but 100% not difficult. It’s just a TON TON TON of information, and that’s what makes it hard. Especially when you get to the final. My orgo 2 final this semester is 40% of my grade and I’m nervous, but that’s why you take good notes... good notes including writing the main mechanisms you learn, writing down tough nomenclature (naming molecules), and just doing practice problems. PRACTICE PROBLEMS ARE THE BEST WAY TO SUCCEED in orgo!!!!!! Can’t stress that enough. Pls reply if you have questions, I’d love to answer them :)))

[@busyrand]

This was my Favorite Course in my college years. I learned so much, and it shapes my perspective on things today. Outstanding talk!

[@thepedobear2790]

Everyone can notice how nervous he was from his voice but he preformed perfectly

[@mikemeyerphotopro]

If you were the only Organic Chemistry teacher, then everyone would love organic chemistry. Sure it's a difficult subject but a good teacher makes things easy. I failed general chemistry twice, spectacularly. Third time I had an amazing teacher who gave us real life examples of all the reactions. I got an A in the lab and a B in the class. We need more passionate, excellent teachers !!!

[@vatsaltrivedi2755]

Awesome... I was just waiting for a ted talk on organic chemistry to be delivered, because I am an undergraduate student, and wherever I go, I find people looking and underestimating this science with the same disregard as you rightly mentioned. A few times I tried my self to convince them about the importance of this science, but I don't think my convincing strengths are that strong. I am going to recommend this video to all whom I find unconvinced. Again, great talk Sir!

[@alit2086]

Beautiful presentation. But i still cry after every organic chemistry lecture 😂

[@hersikolog2286]

Alihan Türk 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@pcuimac]

Alihan Türk Beautiful things can still be hard.

[@metanumia]

It might be due to some stray Syn-Propanethial-S-Oxide smeared on your classroom desk! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide

[@Callmeromain2016]

Same 😢😢😫

[@krystalphan8871]

me too!!! Especially the fking hard program that my fking country designed!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

Dang, that was a good presentation. The graphics made a big difference. Thanks for giving credit to the guy who did them. You two both did a great job.

[@starshot5172]

I actually learned something from this for my upcoming study in chemistry. Wow

[@findme1232]

Ted has blessed us yet again

[@incognitotorpedo42]

"At this scale, math practically *touches* reality". That's a beautiful description!

[@melTiceTiger]

The way he presents and talks about organic chem with fascination and excitement in his voice makes me want him as a professor.

[@whatthefunction9140]

5:20 HONC HONC

[@Hussein_Nur]

Your audience cant stop coughing.

[@FTLNewsFeed]

Coughing is men's way of crying.

[@FTLNewsFeed]

Coughing is men's way of crying.

[@chuckyb.hollow8381]

coughing mc cougherson needs to stfu unwatchable

[@triple_gem_shining]

cough is mens way of crying 🤡

[@robertdunlop4695]

Nicely done, thank you. I am so thankful for our local community colleges, and contributions like yours.

[@nathanchoi3763]

This introduction is like narrowing down an iron bar into an iron needle step by step in a nice manner, with occasionally elaboration on the excluded iron debris and comparison of it with other debris from other production. That hand shake and hand grip analogy is also nice.

[@blue_tetris]

"Finally a video that's just about science without anything even tangentially political in it!" *one-tenth as many views, flat-earthers show up to complain anyway*

[@akshatprakash871]

Also one calling him a pharma stooge

[@Anthony-jt2kh]

I’m sorry but there are plenty of channels on KZbin already made for solely science, and other countless platforms for study. TED is about showing us new ideas, and to look into things that change what we already know about reality.

[@gordonfreemanthesemendemon1805]

As of the time i posted this, there are only two comments even remotely political here, and one is yours.

[@blue_tetris]

I didn't say there'd be a bunch of political statements here. I don't shy away from political discussions and no one should be downvoting all TED's videos willing to discuss those subject matters. What I'm saying is that these comments' sections have many people who claim to hate politics and love science; however, the view count for a video like this tends to wind up incredibly low. As it turns out, the people who spam TED videos just hate a certain kind of scientific inquiry that yields facts they don't like.

[@a1xon]

More of these talks please. This is good old TED quality.

[@Leona8Cooper]

This was great to see in person! Thanks for finally uploading it!

[@SMEGMA42069]

As someone who has started to specialize in orgo for my research I definitely agree that there is a lot to love about the subject outside the horrors of the class. It really has to be hard for you to learn the volume of material, but you have that knowledge the application of it can be incredibly fun and interesting.

[@unf3z4nt]

Adam G. I would love to see the face of the layperson the moment the topics gets to molecular orbitals.

[@X_platform]

Does anyone know what graphic program is used? I want to learn that.

[@maniacalbarbarian]

Came to comments to find out the same ...

[@erikmjelde4428]

There is a free one called blender or you could check out 3ds max, maya, or the plenty of other 3d tools available.

[@TheWWDproductions]

I used Lightwave3D. www.lightwave3d.com/. I'd highly recommend blender though.

[@grannyspeachtea7764]

Wes Durlan - You want to suggest Lightwave to someone who wants to know what "graphic" program was used?

[@TheWWDproductions]

grannyspeachtea yes that’s what I used to make the graphics you saw in this talk.

[@JGLCSW]

Oh, so I was weeded out because I couldn't pass this course not because I was always lit. Ted Ed never fails to teach me something new.

[@AleksandraKloc]

This video, this man, everything in it is great! It was so awesome and so much fun for really anyone, someone who like topics like that or not really. Congrats ❤️

[@liliyufan]

This video makes me love and know more about organic chemistry. I will try my best to learn it.

[@mvccree1541]

One of the best ted talks and most important. How much better would we be off as a society if people didn’t let fear mongering of “chemical” or “synthetic” or “pharmaceutical industry” get in the way of them educating themselves.

[@athickie]

It has everything to do with the type of professor you had for Orgo. They could make or break your whole perception of the subject!

[@triple_gem_shining]

And you're own ambition. Can you imagine some people learn this stuff for fun? Because of REAL interest? 😂

[@athickie]

@@triple_gem_shining 😂🤣 yeah I can’t relate them at all I hated OC w/a passion 😭

[@lord7134]

Aye taking chem this fall.

[@jesspalko2622]

Make the best of it. You will miss it when it's gone. I sure do.

[@wunmix5999]

I didn't do uni organic chem. But I did do it at a level chemisty. I hated it for the first year, but then I started to understand it a little in the second and I started to love it. It was kind of like doing maths, scratching an itch or gently stretching.

[@morganthem]

I could listen to him do this all day, fascinating

[@curts5508]

To all of you considering this class. Do not underestimate it.. It's quite challenging. around half will drop the class. Hard work ethic, can-do attitude and dogged persistence should get you through. Some rather late nights as well. Although, it feels rather rewarding once completed

[@AJ3000_]

I loved organic chem, I had some great teachers

[@maryelizabeth7528]

What a great and inspirational speaker!

[@RedLikeAnOrange]

If the molecules are so small you can't see them, how do you know how many epinephrin molecules there are in the epipen?

[@TheWWDproductions]

There are multiple ways to "see" something. While you can't use light to see an atom, you can use magnetism for instance.

[@marcgreen007]

Wow. I really liked how this was done. Fun overview of an otherwise intimidating subject. So good.

[@triple_gem_shining]

Only thing intimidating about it is the refractive index of your bald head

[@kathleentaylor8840]

My mother had a condition technically a cancer called marginal T-zone lymphoma. Her cells were evaluated by a Stanford U. lab, her oncologist was Harvard-trained, not that either alone would have told me anything, just glad two different institutions were represented. For treatment, 100% of my mother’s B cells were replaced by a NEW drug at that time consisting in synthetic B cells, a literal B-cell transfusion, before her marginally-affected T cells, where her T cells had sustained marginal damage, were treated with a different chemo for twelve weeks. That was fifteen years ago, and never a recurrence of lymphoma. My mother is 92-years-old this year, and still relatively healthy.

[@MitchellWongHo]

If I had o-chem explained to me like this when I was at school (20-odd years ago), I would have been a confident person.

[@jerrylclement]

One of my favorite classes. 1 and 2... I had an excellent teacher. He was a baker. Don't remember any of it...except that I love d it! I wish I had pursued it more.

[@DonaldGonsalves]

I wish I had a teacher like you when I studied Pharceutical Sciences

[@hiamigo78]

Gr8 video sir..this subject was boring n tough during school days..wish we had a teacher like u back then..

[@vadinhopsc]

Organic chemistry is so interesting. We are run by this. And we have to pay attention to the influence of quantum mechanics on the fundamental processes, such as Krebs cycle and photosintesys. Fascinating, even if I'm not a biologyst.

[@jeffporubcan]

I really enjoyed this! TY!

[@ailish086]

Definitely showing my students this in September. Thank you.

[@majsatillul]

Didn't expect to love this but I really do

[@danikaptr]

nice video! I actually kinda messed up with organic chemistry in high school but he showed me organic chemistry in a simple way w o w

[@MyTutuorials]

My favourite subject before medschool.

[@MrAxlCosta]

This is one of the best video I've ever seen about chemistry! :)

[@atrimandal4324]

Organic Chemistry is love❤️

[@atrimandal4324]

Kevin Mason Oh it's beautiful, and I kinda think why some people either hate it or love it to the extremes is because of how theoretical and pictoral and how mechanism based it is.

[@atrimandal4324]

Kevin Mason I'm sure you have the same level of passion for Organic Chemistry if not all of Science ❤️ And well, as long as people loving Science keep loving Science just because it gives them a kick, it's in safe hands😂

[@mesrega8020]

Atri Mandal all chemistry branches are Great ♥

[@amihamada7494]

Hey I'm just started taking Organic chemistry, but I feel like I don't have a good material to study it with! Any suggestions or PDFs I can download??

[@doctorshankar]

organic chemistry is the easiest subject, most interesting, most useful to humanity

[@wombatpandaa9774]

Dude, that was awesome. I feel much better prepared for Organic Chemistry now.

[@curts5508]

Good luck. Don't underestimate it. It's a LOT of material in a very short time. It breaks a lot of people. The first class my Dr professor stated 50% would eventually drop the class. her math was solid. lol

[@wombatpandaa9774]

@@curts5508 dang, that's intense...funny thing is, in the 2 years since I made that comment, I still haven't take org, and because I chose to switch from health to tech, I probably never will 😂 might be just as well

[@silenos9955]

Thanks a lot for your talk, Jakob Magolan!

[@bigfunshow342]

Why do not work the web TED? Do you have same problem?

[@wdaehn]

Great explanations. I learned something new today.

[@rimaastaginaa]

Thanks so much for the explanation, sir 🙏🏻 love the way it's delivered.

[@akshatprakash871]

I loved organic chemistry in school. Unlike its inorganic cousin, it had reason in it.

[@matshepherd118]

I took O Chem with the "hardest" chemistry professor in the school and it was honestly way easier for me than Gen Chem 1 and 2.

[@modernkennnern]

Organic Chemistry is the only part of chemisty I enjoyed.

[@PurpleShoes1]

Organic Chemistry courses were my favorite ones in college. =)

[@moniraakther2578]

Can anyone suggest a organic chemistry book to feel chemistry or to love chemistry?

[@lydiajoseph6029]

wow never thought organic chemistry this way

[@capnsean8365]

I loved orgo. was told once that it's like being given the answer to a riddle and trying to figure out the original riddle.

[@imreb321]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@saritat6489]

Hey ,10 th class student, learning about about organic chemistry here to confess that organic chemistry is way easier than maths.

[@Alrukitaf]

I’m still afraid of organic chemistry, but not quite as much as before. Great vid

[@AlphaeusNg]

Beautiful, simply beautiful

[@birdsdaword]

Good lecture for the general public.

[@ramilurazmanov]

The video is stunning😍

[@sayoshingeki6687]

Hey can you make vids from basic to advance level.orgaic chemistry so that everyone in this world would appreciate beauty of organic chemistry

[@reefk8262]

...amazing talk! thank you

[@greogebrewer9643]

i toke general chemistry over 14 years ago and still remember most of it.

[@kendiashitiva5984]

I actually enjoyed this.....

[@tomkelly8827]

Interesting talk. I like how you pointed out that it is impossible to synthesize complex molecules. Surely when it comes to bee stings, it is best to have a good diet and lifestyle that improves your adrenal health and does not deplete it, because with depleted adrenal glands, your body will be less likely to naturally react to bee stings. You would need the synthetic adrenal medicine. Also when it comes to food, Genetically modified food it inherently not the same as food that has not had synthetic genetic modification. Typically the modification involves the addition of H1N1 Ecoli because roundup will kill everything other than that. Is that added level of Ecoli in our diets beneficial? Somehow I doubt it.

[@benwalton6412]

I don't think he said "impossible to synthesize complex molecules" cost-effectively comes to mind as is one of the great limiting agents, some I am sure we couldn't but there are many complex molecules that we do synthesize. Some people are unfortunately allergic to the sting of a bee no matter how fit, varied, or healthy their diet and lifestyle is. Skepticism in the modern world these days is always needed and questions about what is being placed in food by large profit-driven companies should always be questioned and scrutinized as consumers' health and company profit are often at loggerheads. It was a nice vid to break down the basics of OG as you could share with people who have no knowledge on the subject simply for the ease of knowledge contained. Keep up the scrutiny, watch out for your straw man, and check out Exodus. com and others for some enlightening and somewhat scary information.

[@joshuamitchell5530]

Why has his been reuploaded?

[@stepht1904]

Can You Use a STM, to see the atoms of Epinephrine?

[@ezza88ster]

Finally! I start to get a handle on it.

[@MrJayPuff]

Organic chemistry is way more fun than general chemistry it is still very challenging but definitely something to take if you can

[@camiladiaz4612]

excelente video!!!!!

[@BriarHood]

Wait.. You can't see epinephrine with electron microscopy? This seems wrong to me. Can anyone explain?

[@benwalton6412]

You can't see the structure of the molecule and how parts are rotating and bonded, the structure comes from our knowledge of governing laws, 10 ^ -25 is a massive number

[@t.c.bramblett617]

I LOVE SCIENCE and especially biochemistry

[@jameskerry2560]

WHERE WAS THIS FOUR MOUTHS AGO 😂😂

[@evilgenius97]

I listed Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon. When he asked what you think when you hear Organic Chemistry. Havent been in school years and still remember. Aslo Fallout 4, Synths..

[@Prachipatel0192]

If you mind TED Talks team, could you please add subtitle in the video for learners?

[@teresabenedict2920]

Finally found someone who is as nerdy about OChem as me!

[@quangthientran2450]

Help me, I want to see tapescripts this video.

[@basmabwzr]

THANK YOU !

[@tinawillow1731]

I really like organic chemistry, but taking advanced organic synthesis in grad school was definitely one of the worst nightmares.

[@montaderali7293]

Say that to chemical engineers @@

[@triple_gem_shining]

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[@banananerlandia]

I'm not crying, my Na liquid eye nuts are

[@rkaiser1333]

Can whoever is choking on their mimosa around 4:35 show themselves out im trying to learn here

[@RoySchl]

wow a ted talk about highschool level knowledge

[@mathematicalmatt]

Understanding how all of that carbon got into the ground is important context of why we shouldn't put it back into the atmosphere. Checkout what we know about the Carboniferous Era.

[@traininggrounds9450]

A great exposition of an immaculate but very dangerous discipline. You are taking nature into your hands when you dabble with this stuff and we have not learned to respect the power of nature and how great it is beyond our ability. We only care to increase our ability without increasing our understanding. This is key and they are two very different things. Just because we learn to manipulate and control things doesn't mean we have the understanding to play them out beneficially. Nature does it beneficially. Those toxic natural molecules have a benefit you just haven't found them. But the things we create are fundamentally destructive to the natural working of life. We must stop making things and start learning again because we have not graduated from the course of life. We must always be humble to the nature we live in and let it take the first role in bringing us life and health. We must never subvert that. And organic chemistry subverts it in many ways. Plastics are the best example of this.

[@benwalton6412]

I would have to disagree that not everything nature does is beneficial, she is the most efficient killer ever and is very good at removing problems that hinder the path of least resistance the same laws of the universe have to be followed. Beneficial to humanity is the driving force, a population in any ecosystem will dwindle and die out if they are not constantly striving to improve their efficiency, yes caution is needed but we must never "stop" to nature we as in an Anthropogenic Biomes sense are akin to a virus and she wants to be rid of us, we consume everything, multiply beyond our capacity, by taking what is found in nature and making it work for us is the only way the human race will survive, yes we are infants but we don't have the billion years to get this right, faith has to be placed in procedures, safety measures and knowledge gained from mistakes as that is how we learn.

[@traininggrounds9450]

@@benwalton6412 Ok but that doesn't change anything about the fact that nature is the original and we for thousands of years have survived just fine without any knowledge of chemistry - ergo nature is proven to work on the whole and nature has been our teacher from the beginning. You should never flunk the class of nature. Neither can you master it. You always must honor and respect it and not break that intricate balance that has existed for so long. The right perspective is healing and the wrong perspective is disease. You will create disease when you justify anything we want to do for our own sake when we can get by without any of this chemistry just fine and have done it for a long time. Survival is our primal heritage to manhood and feeling alive. Erase that layer and we lose ourselves.

[@benwalton6412]

@@traininggrounds9450 Quote "The right perspective is healing and the wrong perspective is disease"end quote Surely prevention is better than cure? Also Chemistry we haven't done without it - being chemistry for a long period, we have been using Chemistry for about 6,000 years i.e Check out Chinese History - www.shuaigroup.net/images/article/pubs/2011/15-shuai-2011-bcas-25-p29.pdf I think maybe your, Ego, Super Ego, and your ID are in conflict, my friend ?? :-)

[@traininggrounds9450]

@@benwalton6412 So you project your own idea that I'm being arrogant or having ego right out of thin air so that you can appear to be more "on the level" with life and mature. But...I haven't been that way at all. This is not a battle of the poses for the posturing peacocks of the world. This is reality and science. It's not a religion but you are making personal statements and judgments that aren't necessary or pertinent to the conversation. So get real. Chemistry is dangerous. Being in a chemical lab has MANY safety procedures and protocols and you have to physically protect yourself at all times when dealing with certain chemicals. This is NOT a natural way to live. My point is a bird's eye view kind of point and a simple one. It's basic and easy to see when you look at the big difference between making a cake and making head cheese from monkey neurons to integrate with microchips that fly drones for the military. There is an unmistakable danger with that knowledge and technology and power. Plastics, which I mentioned originally are very poisonous to any organic system. But you wouldn't know that because you think of "poison" as being anything that will kill you. But poison can also be whatever disrupts your natural processes. It's important to know what plastics do in the human body and to cleanse yourself from them because they are actually having huge effects on people's moods and hormones. We do not FEEL the same anymore because they clog up our organic bodies while plastics appear as an organic substance that the body thinks is estrogen and it ends up blocking estrogen receptors in the body and we have a huge false positive indication of our estrogen levels in our body. This is actually a much bigger deal than it seems. But I can't go through it all, you'll just have to look it up. At any rate, this is for you and for anyone who reads these comments that they can have a right perspective about chemicals and maintain the natural, ancient way of living that has worked for so long. Just because chemistry existed from the beginning doesn't mean we knew its nature as we do today and the way it is today has never been from ancient times. So our knowledge has most certainly changed from that time. Just because it existed doesn't mean it existed to the dangerous level it does today.

[@benwalton6412]

@@traininggrounds9450 I was not implying arrogance or ignorance in any sense and if you recall I finished that statement with "My friend" I was simply referring to the three states of a human being's perception of oneself being 1. Superego being the views and beliefs bestowed on us by the people who raised us, 2. The ego which is our own inner thinkings on these beliefs and to what extent we feel these views are true. 3. ID - is our inner child who wants and thinks of no one but themselves and wants instant gratification. The Only way you can be ture to your beliefs is go live in a cave in the wilderness, you are alive today due to Chemicals and Chemistry, you write your reply on a phone or computer made from plastics, you sir/madam are not as enlightened as you wish or wish to appear.

[@batboy7114]

So nice to see that Will Ferrell also likes ochem

[@shannonblalock436]

Awesome Video, damn good job!!!

[@nadfowler4171]

Forgot the beauty of chemistry!

[@Martinit0]

Would be interesting to hear what is the state of the art in organic chemistry these days. What kind of magic can you do in 2018?

[@Antweezy]

Everybody laughing until the atoms start walking

[@friendsandpharma]

Loved it😍💓

[@ianprado1488]

What a wholesome video