Hydrocarbon Power!: Crash Course Chemistry #40

In which Hank introduces us to the world of Organic Chemistry and, more specifically, the power of hydrocarbon. He talks about the classifications of organic compounds, the structures & properties of alkanes, isomers, and naming an alkane all by observing its structure.
Can't get enough OChem? Check out our 50-episode series on Crash Course Organic Chemistry in this playlist: • Crash Course Organic C...
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Table of Contents
Classifications of Organic Compounds 2:25
Structures & Properties of Alkanes 3:12
Isomers 3:49
Naming an Alkane Based on its Structure 5:03
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This 11 minute video taught me more than 6 hours of lecture... No wonder our education system is circling the drain

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JohnWayne2122 which country are you from? I'm from India and India's education system is trash

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Please don't break their dreams. Also, don't tell them the production cost and all the people behind the scene who made even one episode possible. And how that in no shape or form can compare to the resources that are put in a school classroom. Except if the student/pupil hasn't paid a fortune to go in a private top tier school with the best teachers and resources available for their privileged education.

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@John Smith exactly

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@John Smith i downloaded it but i can't do a single question. Am in high school though.

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Tom Parker AMEN!!!!

[@ezogo]

Hey Hank, whenever you have a minute, PLEASE CORRECT THE ERROR at 10:12. Dehydrogenation is NOT the removal of a water molecule. Rather, it is the removal of hydrogen. Thank you for yet another awesome video!

[@tjentertainmentstudio]

I wanted to say that as well. Good thing that someone else also noticed that!

[@leijolie]

Same I thought I was the only one lol

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Park City me too!!! LOL. :)

[@jembo9311]

he didn't say that, said it was the removal of hydrogen 10:09

[@jembo9311]

I believe that was an editing error on thought cafe's part

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My teachers sure could learn from this

[@Stoneface_]

Lol

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i left this playlist playing and listened to it all night. i woke up at 5 in the morning thinking of hydrocarbons before i realised u were speaking to me through the speakers. weird night.

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nancy charlton where does he talk about the reactions

[@crashcourse]

In which ***** introduces us to the world of Organic Chemistry and, more specifically, the power of hydrocarbon. He talks about the classifications of organic compounds, the structures & properties of alkanes, isomers, and naming an alkane all by observing its structure. Hydrocarbon Power! - Crash Course Chemistry #40

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Patrick Sparks Well, I guess I can learn Chinese now.

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Patrick Sparks Chinese is the language of life? Should have known.

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CrashCourse Hank doesn't have a penis.

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+Skyler Trieu I think you're the first person I've seen to bother with a mnemonic for anything past pentane. I usually can just remember the (Latin?) prefixes.

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This is helpful but I need to memorise until the eighth one.

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Organic Chem quiz tomorrow... This is helping so far

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I'm so happy I didn't take organic chemistry in college :)

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1 year later

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I'm struggling so much with this at school 😑😑😑 but now I kinda get it 😊 a good teacher really makes a difference

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Hank Green is a KZbin rock star.

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HOW IS IT THAT I JUST FOUND THIS CHANNEL? hank green is 2000 times better at teaching science than my dorky ass teachers!

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Which class are you?

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chemistry, thats why im watching this video

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yes, but I mean high school right? which grade*

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+epaxinc I'm in 5th grade so.......

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yours teachers got to punish you

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Finally! Got to the topics that I'll study in chemistry this year. Even though it's in English(which is not my native language), I finally understood what our chemistry teacher was talking about in the past 2 months. Keep up the awesome vids, guys!

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The way he says Organic Chemistry summarizes how everyone feels about Organic Chemistry :D

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Poor Organic Chemistry. It just wants to be loved.

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it's the most interesting kind of chemistry though

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Yes! Very excited to see your series on organic chem, this episode was great! As a chemistry major myself, I always enjoyed organic chemistry, even up through the crazy advanced and drug synthesis classes, and it will be good to have a refresher of the basics lol. Your videos are excellent, don't stop making them!

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I watched this entire series last year for my csec exams and now I'm watching them again for pre-med. Crash course is awesome and now they even have physics!! Can it get any better?

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Thank you Hank My name is Toni and I'm 14 I am preparing for a Chemestry competition in my country(Croatia),and I just couldn't realize how to name alkanes But now,thanks to you,I get it Thank you Crash Course Chemestry!:)

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@Ignited TNT hahaha

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You stink then. I love science... I'm passionate for it! And I'm only 11.

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aidenx lego That explains why you still love it. Wait until you're in sophomore year.

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And, by the way, he's not literally saving you unless you will die without his help.

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Teachers....I know what you mean...

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John Sherer I loved science at 11, and I still love it at 24. I'm currently studying neuroscience in college and have been for the last 3 years. Who knows, he may get older and decide to go into more serious scientific study.

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These chemistry videos are almost completely in sync to every unit I'm taking in chem this year which is so freaking convenient. Thank you Hank!

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my O-chem/biochem professor is really terrible at explaining things, and it doesnt help that she is european so her accent combined with choppy sentence structures and grammar make the class impossible. thank the heavens i found this channel, im going to pass the class now!

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I'm nearing the end of my first semester of Ochem and I really fell in love with it. I wish we had gotten to organic chem earlier in Crash Course as my final is in a few weeks. Oh well, still very happy to be able to review with Hank!

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Did anyone else catch the "no exceptions" bit, with the animation of the Mongol rocking in the darkness?

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Comment the timing of him saying that

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YES

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You managed to explain what my chemistry teacher has been struggling to teach us for the past month and half. Thank you so much!

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This is going to be so helpful for my organic chem course in this upcoming semester. Thanks Hank!

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Finally! Organic chemistry. I've been looking forward to this for a while.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

"No exceptions" - The mongol lord was so ready to bust out

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I've learned a TON from this video. Keep it up, Hank. I love these videos, learn more here in 10 minutes than I do in 5 months of a chemistry course at school.

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OMG WHY DID I DISCOVER THIS NOW I HAVE A TEST ABOUT THIS TOMORROW!

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Ok seriously everybody is exaggerating so much about his talking speed! Just pause the video if you need a moment to reflect on what he implies! If not, you can just sit back and enjoy without losing your attention because the teacher is dwelling eternally on one thing (I hate when teachers do that)

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linguaphile Yeah I paused a few times and rewinded

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Exactly. Who wants to click on an hour long video? It's discouraging.

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Just started Orgo in my uni and I'm beyond excited about these crash course videos! Thanks Hank!

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this is awesome because I'm learning this at the moment.

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I consider this studying chemistry. Never again will I have to bring home my heavy chemistry book to study.

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i love watching these videos as I have my science exam in two days and this is great revision for me, awesome hank!

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"properly proper chemists"

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I live in the US and I use these to introduce me to things I haven't studied yet/are about to study. There's no way someone could watch this and be ready for a test. Even in the US.

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Well, it gives people a starting point of they have no idea what's going on

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Thank you for taking so much efforts for making this video and teaching us.

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I wonder how many med students have watched this.

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Too many.

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+Gaile Viernes including me. Well, pre-med.

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Do crash course quantum physics/mechanics!

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I was studying and reading for hours, then this perfect summation came along. It really cleared up some confusion I was having with IUPAC nomenclature. Thank you!

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this was a really clear and well-made video

[@Aneesh203]

Its like a puzzle we got to make. I laughed so hard on that and i don't know why!1

[@borntoarun]

Hank, you're awesome and everything, but at 10:14 the slide says "Dehydrogenation - removal of a water molecule." Shouldn't this be "removal of hydrogen"?

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Arun Sridharan exactly my question :( too bad you didnt get an answer bro

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I love the energy Hank Green has in his videos

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I was so lost, but now understand it. Thank You!

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i owe you my survival in college hank thank soooo much!!!

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Go to 8:50 and change the speed to 0.5....

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Clear and concise as ever.

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Omg i had to learn all of these in a week which is impresive but said almost everything i learn in couple of mins

[@houstonxue9233]

at 10:13 it says dehydrogenation is removal of a water molecule- isn't that dehydration?

[@TheCaptain14]

+Houston Xue Dehydration refers to the removal of a water molecule, while dehydrogenation refers to the removal of simply Hydrogen (H2).

[@Dan-yk9ft]

It was a typo

[@ericvilas]

Dehydrogenation - you subtitled it wrong at 10:11. Not removal of water molecules.

[@AjSmit1]

I was going to point that out too..

[@TheBlaze4000]

Are you serious? You only realized a mistake there? If you were to take out all mistakes filled in these subtitles, you'd probably might as well write out the whole thing.

[@ericvilas]

Not the captions, the actual text in the video. It said "removal of water molecules" and he said "removal of hydrogen atoms"

[@ericvilas]

***** I meant the actual thing written under the title in the video. The captions are automatic, that's not what I meant.

[@ericvilas]

Nah, it's ok, "subtitle" and "caption" are basically synonyms anyway. I should've been clearer.

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Just so you know, your the reason i love chemistry. Without you i don't know where i'd be. Thankyou form the bottom of my heart

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so glad you are doing this now, right in line with my AS levels!

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I went to get a snack and when I came back i heard something about meth

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I just heard "welcome to organic chemistry" and the video ended

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i simply love your teachings

[@shrishsuresh]

A brilliantly presented chem lecture. Was highly helpful. Thanks a ton Hank!

[@icefirexd]

too fast but explains the intro so good :3

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Great wall of china--- I am the longest thing in this world.. Carbon -- Hold my bond!!

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Hey man, I love these videos and they're saving my college carry. Thanks a ton.

[@mooseyluke]

This is helping me SO MUCH for my upcoming test

[@CharlieJindra]

someone needs to make a GIF out of 8:50

[@Derpsii]

What makes it so funny?

[@Melissa-gp7vv]

Hank you're either ridiculously gifted or crazy if you think organic chemistry is fun

[@gokucrazy22]

But it's like a puzzle!!! A sometimes frustrating puzzle, but a puzzle nonetheless.

[@ElJorgeZC]

gokucrazy22 8:50 *psycho face*

[@LagMar100]

I just realized the reason so many of us learn much more from Hank and many other youtube videos. Our teachers eventhough we bash them, they try, but the manner in witch Hank explains, its like I had to hear it again but in different words and in a different order. So, language here is critical for one to understand the information.

[@tenesdesk6076]

Thank you for your videos and for proving that Chemistry is not torture. Amazing job you guys did here. Infinite thumbs up!

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

wow he sounds so drunk when on 0.5 speed

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rune titan what do you expect

[@worcestershire02]

seen this comment how many times in previous videos now :/

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Yeah, he's definitely been on the ethanol lately.

[@purplepepper2503]

And at 7.5 as well XD

[@suryavarman8898]

In 2x speed he sounds like my chemistry teacher

[@Tupster]

The nomenclature is so regular that this makes me want to write a computer program that lets you put in the name of a hydrocarbon and it will show you a 3d model.

[@Quintinohthree]

Let's see what it does to 2-vinylnaphtalene, or [2,2,2]bicyclooctane.

[@RobbieFranklin]

This program is called ChemDraw 3D

[@frollard]

See also: Wolfram Alpha - it can show what everything looks like.

[@Quintinohthree]

Jason Wilkins The former is an example of a name using nonsystematic nomenclature (because it's much easier and because, being aromatic, systematic nomenclature can't fully describe its structure), the latter an example of nomenclature you probably would miss. You'd probably eventually find some compounds for which there is as yet no known systematic nomenclature, or at least none that doesn't rely at least partially on trivial names.

[@TheRobinator143]

Trust me, that would be one hell of a program to write... Hydrocarbons are the easiest organic compounds but there are still lots of exceptions and trivial names which aren't regular. These are just alifatic hydrocarbons, when cyclic or aromatic hydrocarbons are included, things tend to get a bit more difficult. And these are only hydrocarbons, imagine the millions of other organic compounds that contain other elements like oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur,...

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This is so well explained, thank you!

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Yay i have a test on this tomorrow! Thanks for the fun revision experience

[@Mitch_Rogoff]

Poor Mongol

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the heck do you mean?

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That. Was. TOO. FAST!!!

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under settings you can change the video's speed

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I don't mind it, this is the only way I can watch educational videos without losing my attention

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I was just struggling while I was trying to revise my textbook. It was super boring and I don't even want to take a look at the content. Then I popped up with the idea to search some videos and i found you. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for helping me to learn chemistry in an interesting way

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We LOVE your videos! We watch you all the time in our homeschool! Thank you so much for these videos!

[@dianam3299]

great video but too fast

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Yes OC is too large a subject

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Pause the video and/or replay?

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He generally is pretty quick with things. But because it's KZbin we have the ability to pause/rewind so we just do that.

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U can change the playbackb speed in that top right corner click on that three dots

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so glad i found this just as I'm at the beginning of my ochem gcse course

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Thank you so so so much,Hank!

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I'm taking notes and I got four whole pages front and back just from this video. Sick

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this is so god damn useful it drives me crazy

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Lovely - No words to describe this beautiful video.

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So helpful! THANKS!

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This guy makes Organic Chemistry so Interesting!!!!!

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Thank you so much....I just experienced the 2 hour chem class full of confusion...then this video saves me....can't express how thankful i am

[@Hambxne]

eloquently put. no chance anyone could receive an explanation this concise from our current education system.

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Thank you so much for this explanation! It really makes it simpler and easier to understand.

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[@TechLaboratories]

It's like the best refresher of High School chemistry nomenclature that I've had in a while.. and actually needed..

[@atomicpunk4034]

Thank you, Hank!

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short and sweet(luv it)

[@TonyGT37]

wish I had this back when I was in high school. great stuff, quick, entertaining overview.

[@AllNewYork11]

Hi! I am biomedical engineering major and I took Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 about two years ago. These videos are so helpful for reviewing forgotten material that I'd love to see more. Is there any chance that you'll be creating more videos for organic chemistry? By the way, you guys are the best! I've been using your videos for three years now.

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SAVED my life. Thank you :)

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thank you very much, I found this incredibly useful :)

[@StudySuki]

These 11mins were worth!