Recorded on May 24, 2012

Index of Topics:

2:13-Alkylation
10:19-Hofmann Degredation
14:56-Silver Oxide and Water
16:43-Hofmann Elimination
17:18-E2 Elimination
24:29-Conventional E2 Elimination
26:47-Elimination Example
31:29-2-bromobutane Example
36:39-Aromatic Chemistry
40:21-Diazotization Reaction
52:12-Diazonium Ion Reactivity
55:29-Dizonium Salt Reactions
1:05:05-Synthesis Examples
1:18:27-Alkyl Diazonium Salts are Unstable
1:19:53-Nitrosamines

1. Introduction to Carboxylic Acids.
2. Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds.
3. Reactions of Organometallic Reagents.
4. Reactions and Protecting Groups.
5. Aldehydes and Ketones: Reactions.
6. Formation of Imines & Enamines from Aldehydes & Ketones.
7. Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, & Acetals.
8. The Chemistry of the Carboxylic Acid Family.
9. Reactions of Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amides, & Nitriles.
10. Enols and Enolates.
11. More Reactions of Enols and Enolates.
12. The Aldol Reaction and the Michael Reaction.
13. The Robinson Annulation and the Claisen Reaction.
14. Introduction to Amines: Properties and Synthesis.
15. Hofmann Degradation, Diazotization, & Aryl Diazonium Salts.
16. Introduction to Carbohydrates: Structure and Stereochemistry
17. More Structure, Stereochemistry, & Reactions of Carbohydrates.
18. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
19. Organometallic Reactions in Organic Synthesis.

This is the third quarter course in the organic chemistry series. Topics covered include: Fundamental concepts relating to carbon compounds with emphasis on structural theory and the nature of chemical bonding, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, and spectroscopic, physical, and chemical properties of the principal classes of carbon compounds.

Organic Chemistry 51C is part of OpenChem. http://ocw.uci.edu/collections/open_chem