V, L, and I are the martini sisters. Val likes regular martinis; Leucy likes a longer stemmed glass, and; Isobella (like the olive company) likes a regular martini with an olive. (Relevance: Valine's side chain looks like a martini glass without an olive; Leucine's extra C represents the longer stem, and; Isoleucine's side chain is like Valine's martini glass with an olive extension.) When I was learning them, this helped me memorize their structures.
So all aldol reactions are followed by heat? So we know we will form the double bond no matter what? Or could they trick us and say aldol reaction not ran to completion then in that case we would be left with an oh and a single bond still
Errata to note: - In the cyclohexane example for R/S configuration, specifically for the -Br stereocenter, video states S --> R. This was incorrectly labeled and should be R --> S!
These have been amazing for solidifying my knowledge on all these pathways. You’re Goated Charlie 🐐💯 went to ur MCAT bros sessions on these and still can’t get enough <3 🤣🤣
Great video! This is such a coincidence that you and I posted our fatty acid synthesis videos so close to each other haha, this was very well explained :)