Course description

The list of topics this course focuses on are: organic functional groups and organic structure. NMR and IR spectroscopic analysis. Conformational analysis. Stereochemistry, configurational isomerism, R/S descriptors. Introduction to Kinetic and Thermodynamic principles of reaction. Acid/Base: proton transfer, pKa and acidity. Common themes in organic mechanisms of reaction: electrophile, nucleophile, organic reagents. Kinetics of SN1, SN2, E1, and E2. Nucleophilic addition and nucleophilic elimination. Carbocation rearrangement. Experimental Laboratory: Laboratory techniques in organic chemistry: chromatography, extraction, polarimetry.

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