CHEMISTRY 0310  -   ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

 University of Pittsburgh

Unit 1

Reading:  Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

1)Know and be able to use the Lewis-Kössel theory of bonding.

1. Know simple molecular orbital theory.

2. Know the meaning of ‘resonance’ and be able to give examples:

3. Know the common ways of representing organic molecules:

4. Functional Groups in Organic Chemistry

VI.     Acids and Bases – Two useful theories of acid-base behavior.

7. Free energy and equilibrium.

8. Hydrocarbon nomenclature and structure.

9. Conformational Analysis.

Unit 2

Reading:  Chapter 3 and 4

After completing this unit, you should have the following knowledge and abilities:

1. Conformational Analysis.

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2. Reactions and Alkanes.

3. Alkane halogenation and radicals.

4. Comment on Selectivity in Chemical Reactions.

Unit 3

Reading:  Chapter 5

Following the completion of this unit you will have acquired the following knowledge and abilities:

I.  Chiral Centers and Stereoisomers.

2. Polarimetry.

3. Reactions can create or destroy chiral centers and stereoisomeric pairs.

Unit 4

Reading:  Chapter 6 and 7

Following the completion of this unit you will have acquired the following knowledge and abilities:

1. Reaction Rates.  Collision Theory. (Review Section 2-1)

2. Nucleophilic Substitution, SN1 and SN2

3. Elimination Reactions, E1 and E2.

4. Application of the concepts.

Unit 5

Reading:  Chapter 8 and 9

1. Elementary concepts and vocabulary.

2. Reactions.

           Reagents.

Unit 6

Reading:  Chapter 10 (NMR) and 11 (IR)

1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

2. Infrared Spectroscopy.  Covered in lab.  Not on final test.

3. No Mass Spectrometry on final test.

Unit 7

Reading:  Chapter 11, 12, and 13

1. Hydrocarbon Nomenclature and Structure.

2. Synthesis.

3. Understand how heats of hydrogenation or heats of combustion may be used to compare the

4. Dehydration Reactions.  (Some review of Unit 5 may help you with this material.)

5. Addition Reactions.

6. Mechanisms.

7. Ether Formation Reactions.