The course covers the fundamental principles of organic chemistry stressing the preparation, reactions, mechanisms and structure of organic compounds.
Laboratory includes basic techniques in compound purification, synthesis and identification.
3. predict acidity orders of compounds based on structure and periodic properties. 4. draw Newman projections of specific carbon-carbon bond conformations and relate these to potential energy diagram. 5. relate Fisher projections to chiral molecules and given chiral molecules and given chiral molecules draw a correct Fisher projection. 6. describe SN1, SN2, E1 and E2 mechanisms and predict the effect of changes on the rate or reaction products. 9. write the steps in a free radical chain reaction mechanism for halogenation of alkanes, predict products using relative reactivities of C-H bonds toward chlorine and bromine.