Lecture Description
Recorded on May 10, 2012
Index of Topics:
1:05-Enolates
3:57-Enolates and Electrophiles
9:11-Alpha-Halogenation of Ketones and Aldehydes
13:58-Halogenation Mechanism
21:58-Halogenation Example
25:10-Alpha-Halogenation Promoted by Base
35:29-Haloform Reaction
39:02-Haloform Reaction Mechanism
43:37-pKa Values
53:20-Reason for Acidity
1:00:35-AcetoAcetic Ester Synthesis
1:10:36-Malonic Ester Synthesis
1:14:44-Example Problem
Course Index
- Introduction to Carboxylic Acids.
- Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds.
- Reactions of Organometallic Reagents.
- Reactions and Protecting Groups.
- Aldehydes and Ketones: Reactions.
- Formation of Imines & Enamines from Aldehydes & Ketones.
- Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, & Acetals.
- The Chemistry of the Carboxylic Acid Family.
- Reactions of Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amides, & Nitriles.
- Enols and Enolates.
- More Reactions of Enols and Enolates.
- The Aldol Reaction and the Michael Reaction.
- The Robinson Annulation and the Claisen Reaction.
- Introduction to Amines: Properties and Synthesis.
- Hofmann Degradation, Diazotization, & Aryl Diazonium Salts.
- Introduction to Carbohydrates: Structure and Stereochemistry
- More Structure, Stereochemistry, & Reactions of Carbohydrates.
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
- Organometallic Reactions in Organic Synthesis.
Course Description
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.
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