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CHEM 311

Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · ENCH 311

Topics

  • Bonding models
  • thermochemistry of molecules and intermediates
  • Hückel molecular orbital theory
  • pericyclic reactions
  • kinetics and reaction coordinates
  • isotope and solvent effects
  • free-energy relationships
  • acid–base catalysis
  • substitution, addition and elimination.

Readings

  • Referenced reading: Anslyn and Dougherty, Modern Physical Organic Chemistry. Outline assigns sections 1.1, 2.1, 14.3, 7.3, 7.8 and 9.3, and chapters 15, 8, 11 and 10. Purchase/required status, edition and publisher are not specified.
Fall 2025 · ENCH 311

Topics

  • Structure and models of bonding (1.1)
  • Reactivity, kinetics, and mechanisms (7.3, 7.8)
  • Experiments related to thermodynamics and kinetics (8)
  • Brønsted acid-base catalysis (9.3)
  • Organic reaction mechanisms
  • Organic chemistry
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