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CHEM 222
McGill
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Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
1. Core Topic 1 & 2: NMR Spectroscopy & Structure Determination
1.9hr2. Core Topic 3: Conjugated Systems
2.7hr2.2.1. Hydrohalogenation2.2.2. Example: Hydrohalogenation2.2.3. Example: Hydrohalogenation2.2.4. Acid-catalyzed Hydration2.2.5. Example: Acid-catalyzed Hydration2.2.6. Example: Acid-catalyzed Hydration 22.2.7. Hydroboration/Oxidation2.2.8. Example: Hydroboration 12.2.9. Example: Hydroboration 22.2.10. Halogenation2.2.11. Example: Halogenation 12.2.12. Example: Halogenation 22.2.13. Example: Halogenation2.2.14. Epoxidation2.2.15. Example: Epoxidation2.2.16. Example: Epoxides as Electrophiles2.2.17. Hydrogenation2.2.18. Example: Hydrogenation 12.2.19. Example: Hydrogenation 22.2.20. Example: Hydrogenation 32.2.21. Example: Hydrogenation with Isotopes of Hydrogen2.2.22. Carbocation Rearrangements2.2.23. Example: Carbocation Rearrangements2.2.24. Example: Carbocation Rearrangements2.2.25. Summary Sheet: Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes/Alkynes
3. Core Topic 4: Aromaticity EArS Reactions
48min4. Core Topic 5: Synthesis of Carbonyls and Carboxylic Acids
37min5. Core Topic 6: Nucleophilic Additions to Carbonyls (AnCO)
1.7hr5.5.1. General Reactions with Oxygen Nucleophiles5.5.2. Hydrate Formation5.5.3. Acetal Formation5.5.4. Ketal Formation5.5.5. Hydrolysis of Acetals and Ketals5.5.6. General Mechanism with Oxygen Nucleophiles5.5.7. Stability of Hemiketals and Hemiacetals5.5.8. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups5.5.9. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups5.5.10. Example: Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Ketals and Acetals5.5.11. Practice: Mechanism in Acetal and Ketal Formation5.5.12. Practice: Identifying Acetals/Aldehydes
6. Core Topic 7: Nucleophilic Additions - Elimination (SnCO)
53min7. Core Topic 8 & 9: Enols and Enolate Reactions
47min- 7.I. Chapter Intro
7.1.1. Tautomerization7.1.2. Enolate Formation & Electrophilic Addition7.1.3. Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Enolates7.1.4. The Aldol Reaction7.1.5. Mechanism of the Aldol Reaction7.1.6. The Retro-Aldol Reaction7.1.7. Mixed Aldol Reactions7.1.8. Example: The Aldol Reaction7.1.9. Practice: The Aldol Reaction
8. Core Topic 10: Reactions of Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
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