Organic Chemistry 2

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Continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Methods of analysis, chemistry of hydrocarbons (alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons), chemistry of the carbonyl group (aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives). Emphasis on mechanistic aspects of reactions and effects of molecular structure on reactivity.
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Alkenes are studied in this chapter: name and properties of alkenes, pi bond in chemistry, geometric isomers E and Z, preparation of alkenes by elimination reactions or alcohol dehydration, Saytzev and Hofmann rules, degree of unsaturation of a chemical compound
The reactions of alkenes are studied in this chapter: hydrogenation, electrophilic addition of hydrogen halides, electrophilic hydration, electrophilic halogenation, hydroboration-oxidation, epoxide synthesis, vicinal syn dihydroxylation, ozonolysis, radical bromination
Alkynes are studied in this chapter: name and properties of alkynes, preparation of alkynes, reduction reactions, electrophilic addition reactions, anti-Markovnikov additions
The delocalized π systems and dienes are studied in this chapter: conjugation and resonance stabilization, allyl system and allylic reactions, conjugated dienes and their reactions, kinetic and thermodynamic control, Diels-Alder cycloadditions
Benzene and aromaticity are studied in this chapter: nomenclature of benzene derivatives, properties of benzene, criteria of aromaticity and Hückel’s rule, aromatic, antiaromatic, nonaromatic systems, reduction of aromatic compounds
Electrophilic aromatic substitutions of benzene are studied in this chapter: electrophilic aromatic substitution, halogenation, nitration, and sulfonation of benzene, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation, activating and deactivating substituents, inductive and resonance effects, meta- ortho- para- directing substituents, aromatic substitution of mono and disubstituted benzene
Aldehydes and ketones are studied in this chapter: nomenclature and properties of carbonyls, synthesis of aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic addition reactions, addition of water, addition of alcohols, formation of hemiacetals and acetals, acetals as protecting groups, cyclic hemiacetals
Additional reactions of aldehydes and ketones are studied in this chapter: addition of amines, synthesis of hydrazones, Wolff-Kishner reduction, deoxygenation of carbonyls, addition of cyanide, addition of hydrides and carbanions, Wittig reaction, Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones and their reactivities
Carboxylic acids are studied in this chapter: nomenclature and properties, acidity and the effects of the substituents on carboxylic acids, preparation of carboxylic acids, reduction reactions.
Carboxylic acid derivatives are studied in this chapter: nomenclature, properties and relative reactivity of carboxylic acid derivatives, nucleophilic acyl substitution, chemistry of acid halides: preparation, hydrolysis and reactions of acid halides, chemistry of esters: preparation, hydrolysis and reactions of esters.
Midterm 1 includes 7 questions and it covers Organic Chemistry 1 and Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Organic Chemistry 2. At the end of the test you can see the answers and determine whether you have solved the questions. You have 1 hour to resolve Midterm 1.
Midterm 2 includes 6 questions. It covers Organic Chemistry 1 and chapters 1 to 6 of Organic Chemistry 2 (mainly chapters 4, 5 and 6). At the end of the test you can see the answers and determine whether you have solved the questions. You have 1 hour to resolve Midterm 2.
Final Exam includes 12 questions and it covers all chapters of Organic Chemistry 1 and 2. At the end of the test you can see the answers and determine whether you have solved the questions. You have 2 hours to resolve Final Exam.