Organic Chemistry I

Topics

• rules for the compounds discussed
• Review: functional groups, acids and bases, language/conventions of organic chemistry
• naming simple alkanes. (1.5 classes)
• Alkanes: reactions, stereochemistry. (3 classes)
• Alkenes and alkynes: reactions and stereochemistry. (sections 1-10), 7 (sections
• 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), and 8 (sections 1-3, 6, 8-10). (3 classes)
• Stereochemistry. (2 classes)
• Alkyl halides: structure and reactivity
• reaction mechanisms. (sections 1-7)
• (2 classes)
• Alcohols and ethers. (sections 1-7, 12), 18 . (2 classes)
• Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones
• nucleophilic addition
• redox reactions
• (sections 1-12, 16), 20 (sections 1, 2, 6-9). (2 classes)
• Spectroscopy. (4 classes)