| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURERS | HANDOUTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Review, Molecular Structure | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 2 | Resonance, Acidity and Basicity | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 3 | Alkanes and Isomerism | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 4 | Conformational Analysis of Alkanes | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 5 | Conformational Analysis of Cycloalkanes | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 6 | Stereochemistry I | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 7 | Stereochemistry II, Overview of Chemical Reactions I | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 8 | Overview of Chemical Reactions II | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 9 | Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Reaction Coordinate Diagrams | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 10 | Alkenes | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 11 | Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes (EAA): Carbocation Intermediate (Mechanism, Regiospecificity, Carbocation Stability, Hammond Postulate) | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 12 | EAA: Stereochemistry, Rearrangements | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 13 | EAA: 3-Membered Ring Intermediate | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 14 | EAA: Concerted Mechanism | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 15 | Alkene Cleavage, Addition of HBr (radical) | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) Chanteau, Stephanie H., and James M. Tour. "Synthesis of Anthropomorphic Molecules." J Org Chem 68 (2003): 8750-8766. |
| 16 | Alkynes | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | (PDF) |
| 17 | Reactions of Alkynes | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 18 | Alkyl Halides | Dr. Kimberly Berkowski | |
| 19 | Alkyl Halides, Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 20 | Alkyl Halides, Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 21 | Alkyl Halides, Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 22 | Alkyl Halides: Elimination Reactions, Aromaticity | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 23 | Alkyl Halides: Elimination Reactions, Aromaticity (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 24 | Alkyl Halides: Elimination Reactions, Aromaticity (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 25 | Aromaticity | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 26 | Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 27 | Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 28 | Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 29 | Alcohols and Phenols, Introduction to Catalysis | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 30 | Alcohols and Phenols, Introduction to Catalysis (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 31 | Alcohols and Phenols, Introduction to Catalysis (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | (PDF) |
| 32 | Carbonyl Chemistry | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 33 | Carbonyl Chemistry (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 34 | Multistep Synthesis | Prof. Sarah O'Connor | |
| 35 | Multistep Synthesis (cont.) | Prof. Sarah O'Connor |