Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session

Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session

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Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session
  • Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session
  • Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session
Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session

Organic Chemistry 1 - 1 session

$80.00
$80.00

Organic Chemistry 1 Syllabus

Organic Chemistry 1 focuses on the structure, properties, and reactivity of carbon-based molecules. It shifts away from the heavy calculations of General Chemistry and emphasizes 3D visualization, patterns of reactivity, and the "mechanisms" of how bonds break and form.

Unit 1: Structure, Bonding, and Acids/Bases

  • Atomic Orbitals: Review of sp3, sp2, and sp hybridization and molecular geometry.

  • Resonance: Drawing and evaluating the stability of resonance contributors.

  • Organic Acids and Bases: Using pKa values to predict the direction of equilibrium and understanding how structure affects acidity.

Unit 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

  • Nomenclature: Mastering the IUPAC system for naming complex organic chains.

  • Conformational Analysis: Using Newman projections to analyze rotation around carbon-carbon bonds (staggered vs. eclipsed).

  • Ring Strain: Understanding the stability of cycloalkanes and the "chair" conformation of cyclohexane.

Unit 3: Stereochemistry

  • Chirality: Identifying chiral centers and molecules that are mirror images (enantiomers).

  • R/S Configuration: Applying priority rules to label the 3D orientation of atoms.

  • Diastereomers and Meso Compounds: Understanding molecules with multiple chiral centers.

Unit 4: Substitution and Elimination Reactions

  • SN2 Reactions: Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (one-step, "backside attack").

  • SN1 Reactions: Unimolecular substitution involving a carbocation intermediate.

  • Elimination (E1 and E2): How bases remove atoms to create double bonds (alkenes).

  • Regioselectivity: Predicting the major product using Zaitsev’s Rule.

Unit 5: Alkenes and Alkynes

  • Addition Reactions: Adding H2, X2 (halogens), and H2O across pi bonds.

  • Markovnikov’s Rule: Predicting where substituents will add based on carbocation stability.

  • Oxidation and Reduction: Hydroboration-oxidation, ozonolysis, and hydrogenation.

Unit 6: Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides

  • Synthesis: Converting alkyl halides and alkenes into alcohols.

  • Reactivity: Using alcohols as nucleophiles or converting them into better leaving groups (tosylates).

  • Epoxide Ring-Opening: Analyzing how ring strain drives reactivity in cyclic ethers.

Unit 7: Spectroscopy and Structure Determination

  • Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy: Using light to identify functional groups (like C=O or O-H bonds).

  • Mass Spectrometry: Determining molecular weight and fragmentation patterns.

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR): Mapping the carbon-hydrogen framework of a molecule.

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