Tentative Lecture
and Exam Schedule
|
Date |
Topics |
Chapter |
|
1 |
6/13 |
Redox
Reactions. Reduction of Alkenes, Alkynes, Alkyl
Halides, and Epoxides. |
12 |
|
2 |
6/14 |
Redox
Reactions continued. Oxidation of Alkenes, Alkynes,
and Alcohols |
12 |
|
3 |
6/15 |
Radical
Reactions |
15 |
|
4 |
6/16 |
Dienes and
Molecular Orbitals |
16.1-16.11, 27.2 |
|
5 |
6/17 |
Benzene and Aromaticity | 17 |
| 6/20 |
Exam 1
|
||
| 6 | 6/21 |
Electrophilic
Aromatic Substitution |
18.1-18.12 |
| 7 | 6/22 |
Other
reactions of aromatic compounds. Multistep Synthesis |
18.13-18.16,
25.13-25.15 |
| 8 | 6/23 |
The Diels-Alder
reaction. |
16.12-16.15 |
|
9 |
6/24 |
Carboxylic Acids | 19 |
| 6/27 |
Exam 2
|
||
| 10 | 6/28 |
Hydride Reduction of
Carbonyl Compounds. Organometallic Reagents.The Grignard Synthesis. Silyl ethers as protecting groups. |
20 |
| 11 | 6/29 |
Lithium
Dialkylcuprates. Conjugate addition. The Wittig
reaction. Aldehydes and Ketones - Properties, Naming
and Reaction with Water and Alcohols. |
20, 21 |
| 12 | 6/30 |
Acetals as
protecting groups. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones
with amines. Mechanism of N2H4,
OH- reduction. Thioacetals and redcution of C-S bondsby Raney Nickel. |
21, 22 |
|
13 |
7/1 |
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Naming and Properties. Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution. | 22 |
| 14 | 7/5 |
More SN(acyl) examples. Nitriles. Synthesis. | 22 |
| 7/6 |
Exam 3 |
19-22 |
|
| 15 | 7/7 |
Enolate chemistry and substitution reactions at the alpha-Carbon. Synthetic methods for alpha-Alkylation. | 23 |
| 16 | 7/8 |
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions. The aldol condensation. | 24 |
|
17 |
7/11 |
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions. Claisen condensation and related reactions. | 24 |
| 18 | 7/12 |
Amines | 25.1-25.12 |
| 19 | 7/13 |
Newer
Methods for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation; the Heck and
Suzuki reactions. |
26 |
| 20 | 7/14 |
Take ACS Final
Exam (optional) |
|
| 7/15 |
Exam 4 |
23-25
|