What should I do to prepare for Chem 353 ?

This is intended to be a general reading guide for the course so you can see where we are heading.

Chemistry 353 is part II of the introduction to organic chemistry.  The topics to be are considered are shown below. The order below does not necessarily represent the order in which the topics will be covered in lectures.

The lecture topics covered in approximate order (subject to change) are shown below:

THIS MAY NOT THE ORDER OF COVERAGE, SEE CLASS EMAILS / D2L POSTS FOR WEEK TO WEEK LECTURE COVERAGE !

• Isomers and stereochemistry
• Alkynes: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparation via elimination and alkylation reactions.
• Electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes qand alkynes
• Dienes and allylic systems: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparation, addition reactions.
• Arenes: aromaticity, benzenes,structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, reactions
• Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions of benzene systems
• Organometallic compounds, esp. Grignard and related reagents (i.e. metal hydrides)
• Nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones
• Preparations of alcohols from carbonyls by reduction.
• Oxidation of alcohols
• Diols: properties, preparation and reactions
• Ethers and epoxides: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparation and reactions
• Nucleophilic acyl substitution
• Carboxylic acids and derivatives: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparation and reactions.
• Reactions of alcohols with carboxylic acid derivatives
• Enols and enolates of aldehydes, ketones and esters: acidity, preparation and reactions as nucleophiles in alkylation and condensation reactions
• Amines: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparations and reactions
• Phenols: structure, bonding, physical and chemical properties, preparation and reactions

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