Chem 651:Tentative Schedule (Section 24954, Fall 2005)

 

Date                                        Topic                                      Chapter

 

Aug 24                                    Intro. to Course,                     2, 4

Hybridization,

Functional Groups

Aug 29, 31,                             Spectroscopy                                     3, 11, 15, 32

Sept 7, 12                                                       

Sept 14                                   Quiz 1; Stereochem               16

Sept 19                                    Conformational                       18

Analysis                                             

 

Sept 21                                   Exam 1                      

                                               

Sept 26, 28                              Acids, Bases, pKa                  8

Oct 3                                       Oxidation/Reduction               2, 24 and handouts

Oct 5, 10                                 Alkanes,-enes and -ynes         20, 23

Oct 12, 17                               Quiz 2; Nuc substitution       17

                                                at saturated Carbon

Oct 19                                     Elimination Reactions             19

                                                           

Oct 24                                     Exam 2

 

Oct 26                                     Delocalization, Conju-            7, 35

ation, Diels- Alder,                                                     Aromaticity                           

Oct 31, Nov 2                         Electrophilic Aromatic            22

                                                Substitution               

Nov 7, 9, 14                            Organometallics                      9, 31, 40

Nov 16, 21                              Quiz 3; Nuc addition to         6, 14, 37, 50

                                                Aldehydes, Ketones                                                                          

Nov 28                                     Exam 3                                                                                  

Nov 30                                                Nuc substitution at C=O        12

                                                Carboxylic acid derives                      

Dec 5, 7                                   Quiz 4;Enols and Enolates     21, 26, 27, 28, 50

Dec 12                                     Conjugate addition                  10, 29

 

Dec 14                                    Final Exam