Organic Chemistry Tutor — Learn Mechanisms, Not Memorization
A passionate organic chemistry tutor with a doctorate in organic/medicinal chemistry — teaching one-to-one since 2007, from first-year fundamentals to spectroscopy. Around a hundred organic chemistry students a year, from all over the world.
This tutoring at a glance
What we cover, mechanism by mechanism
Foundations
Bonding, hybridization, bond-line structures, electronegativity, acids and bases, stereochemistry — the concepts every later mechanism stands on. Get these right and the subject stops feeling like memorization.
Reactions & mechanisms
Substitution and elimination, alkene and alkyne additions, aromatic substitution, enols and enolates, carbonyl chemistry, amines — taught with curly arrows and reasoning, so you predict products on unseen problems.
Spectroscopy
IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy — reading spectra and determining structures, a favourite exam area and Dr. Ramajayam's own teaching specialty alongside medicinal and analytical chemistry.
I am a passionate organic chemistry tutor. In addition to organic chemistry, I love to teach allied subjects like medicinal chemistry and analytical chemistry topics — UV, IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy. Generally, I prefer one-to-one teaching rather than groups. In addition to tutoring, I extend support to students who need short and crisp learning material for any Organic chemistry topic. Every year I tutor at least a hundred organic chemistry students from all over the world — talking about the mechanism that makes a reaction possible, and then applying those skills to decode biological reactions.
Course summary — every topic in the sequence
Functional Groups — Nucleophile & Electrophile | from our channel
Watch a real lesson before you book
Nucleophiles and electrophiles — the vocabulary of every mechanism — from Dr. Ramajayam's YouTube channel. This is the teaching style: visual, patient, and built on reasoning.
“100% awesome. I was having so much trouble and this helped me pass my tests and gain more confidence in organic chemistry. I will definitely recommend the professor to all my friends!”
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How the coaching works
Trial session + topic diagnostic
We find exactly where the thread was lost — often earlier than students think — and plan from there.
Weekly one-to-one classes
Mechanisms on a live whiteboard, doubts cleared as they appear, notes and practice problems for each topic.
Problem-solving cycles
Exam-style practice with step-by-step review, until unseen problems feel like familiar decisions.
“I can memorize reactions but blank out on synthesis problems.”
Synthesis fails when reactions are stored as flashcards. We build a mechanism-first map of the reactions, so multi-step synthesis becomes chaining decisions you already understand.
“Spectroscopy problems feel like guesswork.”
There is a fixed reading order — molecular formula, degrees of unsaturation, IR functional groups, then NMR pieces. We practice that order until structure determination is systematic.
“My professor goes too fast and I'm afraid to ask questions.”
That is exactly what one-to-one fixes. The pace is yours, and every 'small' question gets answered — those are usually the load-bearing ones.
“He gave me the exact information I needed and didn't ramble. He kept my interest and I feel more confident about my test now.”
Organic chemistry student — one-to-one online
Frequently asked questions
Free video lessons from the tutor
Full lessons from Dr. Ramajayam's channel — watch before you book.
Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution
Functional Groups - Nucleophile & Electrophile
Heterolytic & Homolytic Cleavage
Geometrical Isomerism
Oxidation and Reduction
Stereospecific Reaction
I am a professionally trained educator in the field of organic chemistry. I received a Doctorate degree in the field of Pharmacy with a specialization in Medicinal chemistry.
I am a passionate organic chemistry tutor. In addition to organic chemistry, I love to teach and other allied subjects like medicinal chemistry and analytical chemistry topics like UV, IR, NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Generally, I would like to take one-to-one teaching rather than in a group. Organic chemistry has a wide range of applications and organic chemistry is significant for those interested persons in biotechnology.
In addition to one-to-one organic chemistry tutoring, I extend my support to the interested students who are in the need of short and crisp learning material for any organic chemistry topics. Every year I tutor at least a hundred organic chemistry students from all over the country Also, I taught organic chemistry topics at the graduate level for other country students who are residing in the LISA. Some of the students are from Colorado State University, Georgetown University, Allen University, Augustana University, and few community colleges in the US.
Talking about the mechanism of making organic reaction possible and then apply those skills in decoding various biological reactions.
Organic Chemistry Tutoring: Dr. R.Ramajayam
Organic Chemistry: Functional Group-Nucleophile/Electrophile
Course Summary
Alkenes and Addition Reactions of Alkenes
Amines
Overview And Basic Concept Of Organic Chemistry
- Introduction to organic chemistry
- Importance of organic chemistry
- Atomic orbital
- Hybridization
- Lewis-dot structure
- Octet
- Bond-line structures
- Electronegativity
Acid And Bases
- Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
- Equilibrium in acid-base reactions
- Electrophile
- Nucleophile
- Lewis acid-base theory
- Factors involved in acid-base strength
- Leveling effects
- Solvating effects
Alkanes And Cycloalkanes
- Nomenclature of alkanes
- Constitutional isomers of alkanes
- Reactions of alkanes
- Newman projections
- Ring strain
- Conformations of cyclohexane
- Substituted cyclohexane
- cis-trans stereoisomerism
Stereoisomerism
- Optical activity
- Chirality
- Enantiomers
- Diastereomers
- Absolute configuration
- Cahn-Ingold-PreIog System
- Meso compound
- Racemic mixtures
Substitution And Elimination Reactions
- Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction
- Unimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction
- Unimolecular elimination reaction
- Bimolecular elimination reaction
- Effect of substrate
- Effect of nucleophile
- Effect of leaving group
- Substitution vs Elimination
Alkenes And Addition Reactions Of Alkenes
- Nomenclature of alkenes
- Stereoisomerism in alkenes
- Stability of alkenes
- Electrophilic addition reaction
- Oxymercuration-Demercuration
- Hydroboration-Oxidation
- Anti Dihydroxylation
- Syn Dihydroxylation
Alkynes
- Nomenclature of alkynes
- Reduction of alkynes
- Hydration of alkynes
- Hydrohalogenation of alkynes
- Acidity of alkynes
- Halogenation of alkyne
- Ozonolysis of alkynes
- Alkylation of terminal alkynes
Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides,Thiols, And Sulfides
- Alcohols as acids and bases
- Oxidation of alcohols
- Protection of OH group
- Williamson ether synthesis
- Epoxide formation
- Ring-opening reactions of epoxides
- Synthesis of thiol
- Formation of sulfides
Conjugated Pi Systems And Pericyclic Reactions
- Conjugated dienes
- Molecular orbital theory
- Electrophilic addition
- Thermodynamic control vs Kinetic control
- Diels-Alder Reactions
- MO description of cycloadditions
- Electrocyclic reactions
- Sigmatropic rearrangements
Aromatic Compounds
- Benzene
- MO theory of Benzene
- Stability of Benzene
- Huckel's rule
- Aromaticity
- Antiaromatic
- Non aromatic
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Aromatic Substitution Reactions
- Aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction
- Friedel-Crafts alkylation
- Friedel-Crafts acylation
- Reactions on substituted benzene
- Aromatic nucleophic substitution reaction
- Benzyne mechanism
- Addition-Elimination mechanism
- Reaction on polycyclic aromatic system
Aldehydes And Ketones
- Nucleophilic addition reactions
- Oxygen as nucleophiles
- Nitrogen as nucleophiles
- Sulfur as nucleophiles
- Hydrogen as nucleophile
- Carbon as nucleophile
- Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
- Chemical tests for aldehyde and ketone
Carboxylic Acids And Their Derivatives
- Acidity of carboxylic acids
- Addition-Elimination reaction
- Acid halide
- Carboxylic acid ester
- Acid anhydride
- Amide
- Nitriles
- Reduction of carboxylic acid
Alpha Carbon Chemistry: Enols And Enolates
- Enol and enolate ion
- Halogenation of aldehyde and ketones
- Alkylation of aldehyde and ketone
- Aldol condensation
- Claisen condensation
- Michael addition
- Robinson annulation reaction
- Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
Amines
- Basicity of amines
- Gabriel synthesis
- Reductive amination
- Hofmann elimination
- Mannich reaction
- Nitrosation of amines
- Azo dyes
- Sandmeyer reaction
Spectroscopy
- Ultraviolet—visible spectroscopy
- Infra red spectroscopy
- NMR spectroscopy
- Mass spectroscopy
- Symmetric and asymmetric stretching
- Proton NMR
- Carbon-13 NMR
- Mass fragmentation
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Organic Chemistry Tutor FAQ's
I am Doctorate in Medicinal chemistry. When comes to teaching I love to teach Organic chemistry. I have been teaching organic chemistry since 2003. I tutor at least a hundred students every year from various parts of the globe. I am confident to say that at least 80% of the learning will be completed during our one-to-one interaction. This methodology will give you 100 percent success if you do additional exercises.
I understand it is little bit difficult for the beginners. I always expect that the student should attempt it honestly before approaches me. Also you should tell me that how you got the answer even it is perfect. This method will help me to analyze your understanding of the topic.
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