Intermediate Organic Chemistry ((3))

Catalog description

This course is a continuation of the study of the structure and reactivity of organic compounds using a mechanistic approach and introduces the concepts of structure determination and multistep synthesis. Topics include molecular orbital theory, nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions, electrophilic addition reactions to alkenes/alkynes, conjugation & aromaticity, electrophilic aromatic substitutions, arenediazonium salts, spectroscopy (UV-Vis, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and MS), oxidation/reduction, protecting groups, and nucleophilic additions (alkylithium & Grignard reagents, aldol addition/condensation, Michael addition, acetals, imines/enamines). .