Readings are from the required textbook:
McMurry, John. Organic Chemistry. 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004. ISBN: 0534420052.
Course readings.
| WEEK # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Introduction
Review
Resonance
Acidity and Basicity |
Chapters 1 and 2 |
| 2 |
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Conformational Analysis of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes |
Chapters 3 and 4 |
| 3 |
Stereochemistry
Overview of Chemical Reactions |
Sections 9.1-9.11, 6.6, and 9.15-9.17. |
| 4 |
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
Reaction Coordinate Diagrams
Exam 1
Alkenes |
Chapters 5 and 6 |
| 5 |
Addition of HX to an Alkene (Regiospecificity, Carbocation Stability, Hammond Postulate, Stereochemistry) |
Chapters 6 and 7
Sections 9.12-9.14 |
| 6 |
Reactions of Alkenes |
Chapters 6 and 7
Sections 9.12-9.14 |
| 7 |
Alkynes
Exam 2
Reactions of Alkynes |
Chapter 8 |
| 8 |
Alkyl Halides
Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions |
Chapters 10 and 11 |
| 9 |
Alkyl Halides: Elimination Reactions
Aromaticity |
Chapters 11 and 15 |
| 10 |
Aromaticity
Exam 3
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution |
Chapters 15 and 16 |
| 11 |
Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution |
Chapter 16 |
| 12 |
Alcohols and Phenols
Introduction to Carbonyls |
Chapters 17 and 19 |
| 13 |
Carbonyl Chemistry
Exam 4 |
Chapter 19 |
| 14 |
Multistep Synthesis |
All |