Topic	Chapter-Section	Name of Videodisc Demonstration	Description
Organic Chemistry - Hydrocarbons	1a	Combustion of Methane Ballons	Ignition of balloons containing methane and methane + oxygen
			Density differences
			Stoichiometry
			Balanced equation
	1b	Combustion of Methane in a Bunsen Burner	flame structure
	1b	Combustion of Methane in a Bunsen Burner	match in preheating region does not burn
	1c	Methane Molecular Models	Ball and stick model
			Space filling model
			Tetrahedral geometry
			Shows how 2 dimensional projection formulas are derived
	2a	Ethane	Ball and stick model
			Space filling model
			Free rotation about C-C bond
			Projection diagram of staggered and exlipsed conformations
	2b	Butane	Ball and stick model
			Space filling model
			Free rotation about C-C bond
			Projection diagram of gauche and anti conformations
	2c	Cyclopropane	Ball and stick model
	2d	Cyclobutane	Ball and stick model
	2e	Cyclopentane	Ball and stick model
	2f	Cyclohexane	Ball and stick model
			Space filling model
			Chair and boat conformations
			Axial and equatorial positions
			Projection drawing of chair conformation
	3a-d	Relationship of Structure to Boiling Point of Alkanes	Shows boiling point of straight chain alkanes containing 5 to 10 carbon atoms
			Shows boiling point of 5 isomers of C6H14
			Data can be graphed to illustrate effect of Van der Waals attraction on boiling point
			molecular models of all compounds shown
	4a	Light Initiated Bromination of Pentane	Bromine is added to 2 test tubes containing pentane. One tube is masked, the other irradiated with light. The tube exposed to light looses the bromine color and pH paper shows evolution of an acidic gas.
			Structure of 3 monobrominated isomeric products are shown
			Mechanism of free radical substitution is shown
	4b	Bromination of Hexane Isomers	Relative rates of reaction of 2 hexane isomers with bromine in light
	4b	Bromination of Hexane Isomers	Mechanism of free radical bromination
	5c	Molecular Model of Ethylene	Ball and stick model
	5c	Molecular Model of Ethylene	Space filling model
	7a	Preparation and Combustion of Acetylene	Calcium carbide lumps are dropped into a beaker of water. Bubbles of acetylene are produced. Acetylene is ignited to produce a sooty flame.
	7a	Preparation and Combustion of Acetylene	Equation
	7c	Molecular Model of Acetylene	Ball and stick model
	7c	Molecular Model of Acetylene	Space filling model
	8a	Molecular Model of Benzene	Ball and stick model
	8a	Molecular Model of Benzene	planar geometry
	8b	Reaction of Bromine with Cyclohexane, Cyclohexene, and Benzene	Bromine reacts with the double bond of cyclohexene but not with alkanes or aromatic hydrocarbons.
	8b		Addition reaction
	13f	Purple Benzene	The ionic solid potassium permanganate does not dissolve in nonpolar benzene. A crown ether complexes with the potassium ion to produce a purple solution.
			Molecular model of crown ether
			Crown ethers discovered by Charles Peterson who received Nobel Prize in 1987.

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