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I’m Victor — a PhD organic chemist and chemistry educator based in the Colorado Rockies, and I’ve spent over 20 years teaching organic chemistry one-on-one and online.

Organic chemistry is the only thing I do. I’ve worked with over 1,000 students individually and made hundreds of tutorials covering the full curriculum, helping thousands more through this site and my YouTube channel. You can read more about my approach on the organic chemistry tutoring page.

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🧪 300+ organic chemistry lessons and tutorials covering the entire Organic Chemistry curriculum.
🧪 Bite-sized focused organic chemistry tutorials, not endless hours-long lectures.
🧪 Works for any organic chemistry textbook, any curriculum, any professor, any level.
🧪 Step-by-step explanations with detailed visuals focusing on breaking down mechanisms and concepts step-by-step designed to take you from “I’m completely lost” to “I get it now!”

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🧪 40+ worked synthesis problems similar to what you’ll see on your final.
🧪 1500+ exam-like organic chemistry practice questions with answers designed to match how exam questions are actually written: multiple choice, synthesis, mechanisms, predict products, identify reagents, etc. You’ll find them all here!
🧪 Organic chemistry workbooks with detailed answer keys focusing on why reactions work in a certain way to help you see the patterns in reactivity.

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🧪 Resource library with hundreds of pages of organic chemistry notes to help you with your class.
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  • Worked Syntheses Overview

Worked Syntheses

  1. Synthesis of a Meso Diol
  2. Making a Ketone from an Alkane
  3. Synthesis of a Bulky Alkyne
  4. Synthesis of Allyl Alcohol from Acetylene
  5. Synthesis of Dioxane from Acetylene
  6. Synthesis of a Complex Ester from Toluene
  7. Synthesis of 1,2-Dimethylcyclopentane from Methylcyclopentane
  8. Synthesis of Phenylacetaldehyde from Benzaldehyde
  9. Adding a Functional Group to the End of a Chain Problem
  10. Synthesis of a Complex Molecule from Simple Starting Materials
  11. Adding a Functional Group Next to a Carbonyl Challenge
  12. Synthesis of a Complex Ether
  13. Synthesis of a Complex Alcohol
  14. Synthesis of 1-Phenylacetone from Ethylbenzene
  15. Synthesis of 1-Methylcyclohexene from Cyclohexene
  16. Synthesis of an Alkene with E + Z Double Bonds
  17. Synthesis of Primary Amines from Carboxylic Acids
  18. Synthesis of an Amine from Anisole
  19. Synthesis of a Deuterated Naphthalene
  20. Synthesis of a Halogenated Alkene from Acetylene and Epoxide
  21. Synthesis of Hydroquinone
  22. Synthesis of a Substituted Ketone
  23. Synthesis of a Complex Aldehyde
  24. Synthesis of a Cyclopropane Derivative
  25. Synthesis of an Allylic Alcohol
  26. Synthesis of Cyclopropanecarboxylic Acid
  27. Synthesis of a Complex Ketone
  28. Synthesis of a Dicarbonyl
  29. Synthesis of Cyclopentanone from Adipic Acid
  30. Synthesis of a Complex Ketone from an Ester
  31. Synthesis of a Complex Enone from a Ketoacid
  32. How to Add an Ethyl Group to an Alkene
  33. Aromatic Synthesis Challenge
  34. How to Insert a Nitrogen Into a Ring
  35. Final Exam Style Synthesis
  36. Another Final Exam Synthesis
  37. Tricky Alcohol Synthesis
  38. Synthesis of a Complex Bicyclic Vinyl Halide
  39. Synthesis of an Ester from 2-Chlorotoluene
  40. Synthesis of a Complex Tri-Substituted Aromatic Compound
  41. Synthesis of an Oxime from an Alcohol
  42. Synthesis of a Complex Ether from a Simple Alkene

Synthetic Sequences Practice Questions

Starting Material to Products Synthesis Practice Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. This is not an answer-giving or homework-completion service.
If you show a genuine attempt, I’ll give you targeted feedback, point out mistakes, and help you correct your reasoning.

Yes. For as long as you’re consistently engaging with the material, this site will give you the tools you need to succeed.

Here you’ll find additional tutorials, complete write-ups, practice questions, quizzes, workbooks with answer keys, and much more. My YouTube channel already has a lot but it’s just a tip of the iceberg in comparison to what you’ll find on this site.

Yes. Tutorials on this site are designed to be curriculum independent. You’ll find a tutorial on every commonly taught topic in a sophomore organic chemistry curriculum on this site. And if your course throws a curved ball your way, we can talk about during the office hours.