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CHEM 40A
UCSD
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
1. Introduction to Organic Structure and Bonding I
1.2hr1.2.1. Drawing Organic Compouds in 2D1.2.2. Example: 2-D Notation1.2.3. Example: 2-D Notation1.2.4. Summary Sheet: Representing Molecules in Different 2D Notation1.2.5. Summary Sheet: Condensed Formula1.2.6. Drawing Organic Compounds in 3D1.2.7. Example: 3-D Notation1.2.8. Example: 3-D Notation1.2.9. Summary Sheet: Drawing in 3-Dimensions
1.3.1. Summary Sheet: Common Organic Functional Groups1.3.2. Example: Functional Groups 1.3.3. IUPAC Systematic Naming Theory1.3.4. Example: Converting Names to Structures1.3.5. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming1.3.6. Example: IUPAC Systematic Naming1.3.7. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming1.3.8. Practice: IUPAC Systematic Naming1.3.9. Summary Sheet: IUPAC Naming
2. Introduction to Organic Structure and Bonding II
1.5hr3. Conformations and Stereochemistry
1.6hr4. Structure Determination I- UV-Vis and Infrared Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry
47min5. Structure Determination II - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
1.2hr6. Overview of Organic Reactivity
7. Acid-Base Reaction
1.1hr7.5.1. Induction7.5.2. Aromaticity7.5.3. Example: Acid/Base Strength 7.5.4. Example: Acid/Base Strength 7.5.5. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 7.5.6. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 7.5.7. Important pKas You Should Know7.5.8. Relationship Between pH and pKa7.5.9. Amino Acids at Different pHs7.5.10. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution7.5.11. Practice: Amino Acids in Solution7.5.12. Summary Sheet: Amino Acids in Solution of Various pH7.5.13. Summary Sheet: pKa's of Common Molecules
8. Nucleophilic Substitutions Reactions
43min8.5.1. SN1 Molecularity and Rate8.5.2. SN1 Structural Requirements8.5.3. SN1 Mechanism8.5.4. Practice: Sn1 Reaction8.5.5. SN2 Molecularity and Rate8.5.6. SN2 Structural Requirements8.5.7. SN2 Mechanism8.5.8. Practice: Sn2 Reaction8.5.9. Leaving Group Ability8.5.10. Example: Alcohol as a Leaving Group8.5.11. Solvent Effects in Substitution Reactions8.5.12. Stereochemistry in Substitution Reactions
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Wizeprep's course notes with hundreds of easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and practice problems.
Course Notes
Wizeprep's course notes with hundreds of easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and practice problems.