CHEMISTRY 2P20 PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Week 1: Sep. 9-13 What is Organic Chemistry?
Chapters 1 and 2 Chemical Bonding, Orbitals and Hybridisation
The Organic Family: Functional Groups
Infra-red spectroscopy
Weeks 2-3: Sep. 16-27 Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Alcohols, Alkyl Halides
Chapter 4, 7.2 Nomenclature, Simple Reactions
Weeks 4-5: Sep. 30-Oct. 11 Three-Dimensional Structures
Chapter 4 Staggered and Eclipsed Conformations
Conformations of Cyclohexane
Axial and Equatorial Substituents
cis- and trans-Disubstitution
Weeks 6-8: Oct. 16-Nov.1 Isomerism, Substitution, and Elimination
Chapter 5 and 6 Stereoisomerism, R and S nomenclature
Curly Arrow Reaction Mechanism Formalism
Substitution Reactions (SN2 and SN1)
Elimination Reactions (E1 and E2)
Weeks 9-10: Nov.1-Nov.15 Alkenes and Alkynes
Chapters 7 and 8 Preparations
Reactions: Electrophic Addition (AE)
Halogenation
Hydration
Oxymercuration
Hydroboration
Weeks 11-13: Nov. 15 on Nucleophilic Addition and Addition Elimination
Chapters 11 and 12 Reactions
Oxidation of Alcohols
Hydride Reductions of Carbonyls and Epoxides
Organometallic Addition to Carbonyls and Epoxides (Grignards)
Esterification of Alcohols