Conjugation & UV-Vis Spectroscopy: Crash Course Organic Chemistry

The video discusses the importance of vitamin A, highlighting golden rice as a solution to deficiency. It explains conjugated systems, their stability, and the role of resonance. The video delves into covalent bonds, molecular orbitals, and the physics behind them. Ultraviolet spectroscopy is introduced as a method to study molecular structures, with a focus on beta carotene. The video concludes with the role of conjugated molecules in vision, emphasizing the chemical processes in the eye.

Explain the difference between bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals.

What role do conjugated systems play in UV spectroscopy?

How does the absorption of UV light by conjugated molecules relate to their structure?

Discuss the relationship between vitamin A and vision.