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CHM249H1
U of T
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
1. The Basics (Lewis Structures, Bonding, VSEPR)
1.6hr2. Intro to Orgo (Functional Groups, Drawing, Naming)
50min3. Stereochemistry & Isomers
1.5hr4. Structure Elucidation (IR Spectroscopy, NMR, Mass Spectrometry)
1.9hr5. Kinetics
2hr5.3.1. Rate Laws5.3.2. Example: Determining Reaction Order5.3.3. Determining the Rate Law From Experimental Data 5.3.4. Shortcut to Find Units of k Quicker 5.3.5. Practice: Experimental Rate Law 5.3.6. Practice: Determining Rate Law Exponents5.3.7. Practice: Rate Law5.3.8. Practice: Units of the Rate Constant, K
6. Spontaneity and Gibbs Free Energy
20min7. Acid/Base Chemistry & Intro to Organic Reactions
56min7.2.1. Factors Influencing Acid/Base Strength7.2.2. Electronegativity7.2.3. Atom Size7.2.4. Resonance7.2.5. Hybridization7.2.6. Induction7.2.7. Aromaticity7.2.8. Example: Acid/Base Strength 7.2.9. Example: Acid/Base Strength 7.2.10. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria 7.2.11. Practice: Acid/Base Equilibria
8. Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Alkenes/Alkynes
2.3hr9. Aromaticity (Arenes)
48min10. Nucleophilic Substitutions and Elimination Reactions
1.4hr11. Radical Reactions
30min12. Organic Chemistry of Other Biological Molecules (*coming soon)
13. Chemistry of Amines
18min14. Reduction and Oxidation Reactions
42min15. Aldehydes and Ketones (Addition to Carbonyls/Reactivity of Enolates)
1.9hr15.4.1. General Reactions with Oxygen Nucleophiles15.4.2. Hydrate Formation15.4.3. Acetal Formation15.4.4. Ketal Formation15.4.5. Hydrolysis of Acetals and Ketals15.4.6. General Mechanism with Oxygen Nucleophiles15.4.7. Stability of Hemiketals and Hemiacetals15.4.8. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups15.4.9. Practice: Ketals and Acetals as Protecting Groups15.4.10. Example: Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Ketals and Acetals15.4.11. Practice: Mechanism in Acetal and Ketal Formation15.4.12. Practice: Identifying Acetals/Aldehydes
16. Carbohydrates
56min16.3.1. Carbohydrate Reactions: Formation of Glycosidic Bonds16.3.2. Carbohydrate Reactions: Hydrolysis of Glycosidic Bonds16.3.3. Carbohydrate Reactions: Reducing Sugars16.3.4. Practice: Carbohydrates in Solution16.3.5. Example: Tollen's Reagent and Reducing Sugars16.3.6. Example: Identifying Reducing Sugars16.3.7. Example: Ketoses with the Tollen's Test
17. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Nucleophilic Acyl Substitutions)
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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.