Chem 351 Tentative Lecture and Exam Schedule - Summer 2014

No

Date

Topics

Chapter

1

7/7
NMR
14
ppt1, ppt2

2

7/8
Radical Reactions
15

3

7/9
Dienes
16.1-16.11, 27.2

4

7/10
Benzene and Aromaticity
17

5

7/11
Pericyclic Reactions 16.12-16.14, 27

7/14
Exam 1

6 7/15
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
18.1-18.12
7 7/16
Other reactions of aromatic compounds
18.13-18.15, 25.13-25.15
8 7/17
Multistep Synthesis
18.16

9

7/18
Carboxylic Acids 19

7/21
Exam 2

10 7/22
Carbonyl Redox Chemistry
20
11 7/23
Carbonyl Chemistry with Organometallic Reagents.
20
12 7/24
Aldehydes and Ketones. 21

13

7/25
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution. 22.1-22.13, 22.15
14 7/28
Nitriles 22.18

7/29
Exam 3
19-22
15 7/30
Substitution reactions at the alpha-Carbon. 23
16 7/31
Synthetic methods for alpha-Alkylation
23

17

8/1
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions. The aldol condensation.
24
18 8/4
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions. Claisen condensation and related reactions.
24
19 8/5
Amines 25.1-25.12
20 8/6
Newer Methods for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation. 26

8/7
Exam 4
23-25


8/8
Optional Final Exam
Comprehensive