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Introduction - Excerpt

Ch. 1. Syllabus and Introduction

Ch. 1. Bond Polarity, Formal Charge, Lewis Structures

Ch. 1. Resonance Structures, Skeletal Structure and Bond Length

Ch. 1. Orbital Models of Structure and Bonding

Ch. 1. Molecular Geometry. Ch. 2. Acids and Bases
 

Ch. 2. Acid Strength and Equilibria
Ch. 2. Lewis Acids, Lewis Bases, and Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Ch. 3. Organic Compounds and Functional Groups

Ch. 3. Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Amines

Ch. 3. Carbonyl Compounds, Intermolecular Forces

Ch. 4. Introduction to Alkanes

Ch. 4. Nomenclature of Alkanes, Combinations of Ethane

Ch. 4. Conformations of Butane and Cycloalkanes

Ch. 4. Conformations of Cyclohexane
 

Ch. 5. Introduction to Stereochemistry

Ch. 5. Assigning Tetrahedral Stereogenic Centers

Ch. 5. Meso Compounds

Ch. 5. Properties of Chiral Compounds
 

Ch. 6. Introduction to Understanding

Ch. 6. Energy Diagrams, Transition States, and Reaction Rates

Ch. 6. Energetics of Reactions
 

Ch 7. Introduction to Alkyl Halides and Nuceophilic Substitution

Ch 7. Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN2 Reactions

Ch 7. Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN1 Rections
Ch 7. Properties of Electrophiles, Leaving Groups and Nucleophiles
 

Ch. 8. Elimination Reactions. Introduction to E2 Reactions

Ch. 8. Regiochemical and Stereochemical Course of E2 Reactions

Ch. 8. E1 Reactions. Comparison of SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions

 
 
1. How Do You Know?
2. Force Laws, Lewis Structures and Resonance
3. Double Minima, Earnshaw's Theorem, and Plum-Puddings
4. Coping with Smallness and Scanning Probe Microscopy
5. X-Ray Diffraction
6. Seeing Bonds by Electron Difference Density
7. Quantum Mechanical Kinetic Energy
8. One-Dimensional Wave Functions
9. Chladni Figures and One-Electron Atoms
10. Reality and the Orbital Approximation
Midterm Exam 1
11. Orbital Correction and Plum-Pudding Molecules
12. Overlap and Atom-Pair Bonds
13. Overlap and Energy-Match
14. Checking Hybridization Theory with XH3
15. Chemical Reactivity: SOMO, HOMO, and LUMO
16. Recognizing Functional Groups
17. Reaction Analogies and Carbonyl Reactivity
18. Amide, Carboxylic Acid and Alkyl Lithium
19. Oxygen and the Chemical Revolution (Beginning to 1789)
Midterm Exam 2
20. Rise of the Atomic Theory (1790-1805)
21. Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler (1805-1832)
22. Radical and Type Theories (1832-1850)
23. Valence Theory and Constitutional Structure (1858)
24. Determining Chemical Structure by Isomer Counting (1869)
25. Models in 3D Space (1869-1877); Optical Isomers
26. Van't Hoff's Tetrahedral Carbon and Chirality
27. Communicating Molecular Structure in Diagrams and Words
28. Stereochemical Nomenclature; Racemization and Resolution
29. Preparing Single Enantiomers and the Mechanism of Optical Rotation
Midterm Exam 3
30. Esomeprazole as an Example of Drug Testing and Usage
31. Preparing Single Enantiomers and Conformational Energy
32. Stereotopicity and Baeyer Strain Theory
33. Conformational Energy and Molecular Mechanics
34. Sharpless Oxidation Catalysts and the Conformation of Cycloalkanes
35. Understanding Molecular Structure and Energy through Standard Bonds
36. Bond Energies, the Boltzmann Factor and Entropy
37. Potential Energy Surfaces, Transition State Theory and Reaction Mechanism
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