Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Stop guessing your wedges and dashes.🪗 Converting a Newman Projection back into a perspective formula (wedge-dash) is where most students lose their momentum. If you’ve ever found yourself spinning a molecule in your head until you get dizzy, you’re doing it the hard way. I’m giving you the "Accordion Method:" a 5-step spatial logic that stretches that 2D circle back into a 3D structure with zero "mental gymnastics."
Inside this 6-minute masterclass:
The Accordion Stretch: The physical metaphor that makes bond rotation intuitive.
The 5-Step Blueprint: A repeatable system for Newman to Perspective conversion.
2 Deadly Traps: Why students flip their wedges and how to avoid the "Grade Killers."
This is Video 6 in our structural conversion series. Whether you're stuck on a homework set or prepping for a mechanism "Heist," this is the tool you need in your kit.
Full course here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUW25kBaMMujSMOW1QGmb61kbsBm7lxj
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Master reaction mechanisms here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUW25kBaMMtvqt_IBtezyBX_kk447pxZ
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0:00 The Newman to Perspective Problem
0:44 Molecular Model of 2,3-Dibrobobutane
The 5-Step Accordion Method:
1:08 Step 1: Place Eyeball
1:50 Step 2: Draw C-C Bond
2:16 Step 3: Add In-Plane Groups
2:37 Trap 1: The Up/Down Flip
3:35 Step 4: Add Dash Groups
4:18 Step 5: Add Wedge Groups
4:45 Trap 2: The Wedge-Dash Flip
5:32 The Top-Down Fischer Projection
Citations:
Paula Yurkanis Bruice, "Organic Chemistry" 8th ed
openstax.org/details/books/organic-chemistry
openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e
Music: youtu.be/lL6AsbG07xY
#OrganicChemistry #NewmanProjections #ChemistryMasterclass #STEM #StudyHacks
Stop guessing your wedges and dashes.🪗 Converting a Newman Projection back into a perspective formula (wedge-dash) is where most students lose their momentum. If you’ve ever found yourself spinning a molecule in your head until you get dizzy, you’re doing it the hard way. I’m giving you the "Accordion Method:" a 5-step spatial logic that stretches that 2D circle back into a 3D structure with zero "mental gymnastics."
Inside this 6-minute masterclass:
The Accordion Stretch: The physical metaphor that makes bond rotation intuitive.
The 5-Step Blueprint: A repeatable system for Newman to Perspective conversion.
2 Deadly Traps: Why students flip their wedges and how to avoid the "Grade Killers."
This is Video 6 in our structural conversion series. Whether you're stuck on a homework set or prepping for a mechanism "Heist," this is the tool you need in your kit.
Full course here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUW25kBaMMujSMOW1QGmb61kbsBm7lxj
Have you moved onto chirality and stereochem? That's here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUW25kBaMMupOdw1Wgy8YauiQ40J_5nx
Master reaction mechanisms here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUW25kBaMMtvqt_IBtezyBX_kk447pxZ
🥽As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
🥼My recommendations: amazon.com/shop/chemnut?ccs_id=11f20bce-5f74-427b-85fb-bdf66849405a
🔬Start any shopping journey here: amzn.to/3IXuAcS
🧪Support free education & more through Patreon! patreon.com/c/ChemistryinaNutshell
0:00 The Newman to Perspective Problem
0:44 Molecular Model of 2,3-Dibrobobutane
The 5-Step Accordion Method:
1:08 Step 1: Place Eyeball
1:50 Step 2: Draw C-C Bond
2:16 Step 3: Add In-Plane Groups
2:37 Trap 1: The Up/Down Flip
3:35 Step 4: Add Dash Groups
4:18 Step 5: Add Wedge Groups
4:45 Trap 2: The Wedge-Dash Flip
5:32 The Top-Down Fischer Projection
Citations:
Paula Yurkanis Bruice, "Organic Chemistry" 8th ed
openstax.org/details/books/organic-chemistry
openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e
Music: youtu.be/lL6AsbG07xY
#OrganicChemistry #NewmanProjections #ChemistryMasterclass #STEM #StudyHacks
