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CHEM 353
U of C
Course Overview
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Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
2 min1. Review: The Basics (Lewis Structures, Bonding, VSEPR)
1.6hr2. Review: Intro to Orgo (Functional Groups, Drawing, Naming)
50min2.5.1. IUPAC Systematic Naming Theory15 min2.5.2. Example: Converting Names to Structures2 min2.5.3. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.4. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.5. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.6. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming2 min2.5.7. Summary Sheet: IUPAC Naming
3. Review: Acid/Base Chemistry & Intro to Organic Reactions
56min3.2.1. Factors Influencing Acid/Base Strength2 min3.2.2. Electronegativity1 min3.2.3. Atom Size2 min3.2.4. Resonance3 min3.2.5. Hybridization3 min3.2.6. Induction3 min3.2.7. Aromaticity3 min3.2.8. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min3.2.9. Example: Acid/Base Strength 3 min3.2.10. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min3.2.11. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 2 min
3.3.1. Important pKas You Should Know4 min3.3.2. Relationship Between pH and pKa2 min3.3.3. Amino Acids at Different pHs3 min3.3.4. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min3.3.5. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution3 min3.3.6. Summary Sheet: Amino Acids in Solution of Various pH3.3.7. Summary Sheet: pKa's of Common Molecules
4. Review: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Elimination Reactions (in the context of alcohols, ethers and epoxides)
1.4hr5. Stereochemistry & Isomers
1.5hr6. Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Alkenes/Alkynes
2.3hr7. Conjugated Systems
1.6hr8. Radical Reactions
30min9. Alcohols, Ethers and Epoxides
1.2hr10. Reduction and Oxidation Reactions
42min11. Aromatic Systems
48min12. Aldehydes and Ketones (Addition to Carbonyls/Reactivity of Enolates)
1.9hr12.4.1. General Reactions with Oxygen Nucleophiles5 min12.4.2. Hydrate Formation1 min12.4.3. Acetal Formation2 min12.4.4. Ketal Formation2 min12.4.5. Hydrolysis of Acetals and Ketals3 min12.4.6. General Mechanism with Oxygen Nucleophiles9 min12.4.7. Stability of Hemiketals and Hemiacetals3 min12.4.8. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min12.4.9. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups2 min12.4.10. Example: Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Ketals and Acetals1 min12.4.11. Practice: Mechanism in Acetal and Ketal Formation3 min12.4.12. Practice: Identifying Acetals/Aldehydes2 min
12.6.1. Tautomerization8 min12.6.2. Enolate Formation3 min12.6.3. Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Enolates5 min12.6.4. The Aldol Reaction3 min12.6.5. Mechanism of the Aldol Reaction5 min12.6.6. The Retro-Aldol Reaction1 min12.6.7. Mixed Aldol Reactions5 min12.6.8. Example: The Aldol Reaction4 min12.6.9. Practice: The Aldol Reaction2 min
13. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Nucleophilic Acyl Substitutions)
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