Organic Chemistry I

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Organic Chemistry I

• Unit One Alkanes Cycloalkanes
• Unit Two Stereoisomerism Mechanism
• Unit Three Alkenes Alkynes
• Unit Four Spectroscopy
• Unit Five Aromatic Systems

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Unit One Alkanes Cycloalkanes

• Nomenclature of Alkanes
• Structural Isomerism
• Formula Derivation
• Methods of Alkane Preparation
• Halogenation of Alkanes
• Conformational Analysis of Alkanes

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Unit Two Stereoisomerism Mechanism

• Stereoisomerism
• Enantiomerism
• Diastereomerism
• Mechanism
• Unimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
• Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution

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Unit Three Alkenes and Alkynes

• Nomenclature of Alkenes Alkynes
• Preparation Reactions of Alkenes/Alkynes
• E-1 versus E-2 Pathways
• Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes
• Addition
• Substitution
• Diels Alder
• Cleavage

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Unit Four Spectroscopy

• Mass Spectrometry
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Pmr
• Cmr

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Unit Five Aromaticity

• Criteria for Aromaticity
• Nomenclature of Benzene Derivatives
• Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
• Donating vs. Withdrawing groups
• Ortho/Para vs. Meta Directors
• Activators vs. Deactivators
• Side Chain Reactions of Benzene Derivatives