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hemistry 51A: Organic Chemistry (Fall 2009, UC Irvine). Instructor: Professor James Nowick.

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777 years, 8 months

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28

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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.

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Syllabus and Introduction Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – Bond Polarity, Formal Charge, Lewis Structures Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Resonance Structures, Skeletal Structures, Bond Length Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – Orbital Models of Structure and Bonding Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Molecular Geometry, Acids and Bases Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Acid Strength and Equilibria Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Lewis Acids, Lewis Bases, and Organic Reaction Mechanisms Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Organic Compounds and Functional Groups Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Amines Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Carbonyl Compounds, Intermolecular Forces Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Introduction to Alkanes Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – Nomenclature of Alkanes, Conformations of Ethane Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Conformations of Butane and Cycloalkanes Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Conformations of Cyclohexane Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – Introduction to Stereochemistry Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – Assigning Tetrahedral Stereogenic Centers Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – Meso Compounds Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – Properties of Chiral Compounds Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Introduction to Understanding Organic Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Energy Diagrams, Transition States, and Reaction Rates Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Energetics of Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Introduction to Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN2 Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN1 Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 25 – Properties of Electrophiles, Leaving Groups, and Nucleophiles Unlimited
  • Lecture 26 – Elimination Reactions, Introduction to E2 Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 27 – Regiochemical and Stereochemical Course of E2 Reactions Unlimited
  • Lecture 28 – E1 Reactions, Comparison of SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions Unlimited