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We will explore tips and strategies for all the common mechanisms in Organic I, Organic II, and Biochemistry Topics. See the course content below for full description.
Course content
The Organic Chemistry Mechanisms session includes the following:
✓ Free radical halogenation
✓ SN1, SN2, E1, E2
✓ Alkene addition reactions
✓ Hydroboration, Oxymercuration
✓ Aldehyde and ketone addition reactions
✓
Williamson ether synthesis
✓ Ketals, acetals, and lactone reactions
✓ Aldo condensation
✓ Claisen condensation
✓ Friedel -Crafts Alkylation
✓ Diels-Alder Reaction
✓ Alcohol dehydrations and derivatizations
✓
Sigmatropic rearrangements
Outcome
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
✓ Learn how to carry of arrow pushing mechanisms
✓ Identify the nucleophile and electrophile in reactions
✓ Know when to protonate and when to eliminate
✓ Carry out complexed arrow pushing resonance
✓ Understand major product versus minor product formation
✓ Understand the principles of cationic versus anionic reactions
✓ Use mechanisms to “guess” potential produces of unknowns
✓ Understand the differences between EWG and EDG groups
✓ How to read reaction conditions to determine mechanisms
✓ Understand the catalytic cycle
✓ Identify polymer fragments
Choose the best plan for you and start an exciting chemistry journey today!
60 mins, Q&A, problem solving, shortcuts, labs, recorded session
per session
90 min, Q&A, problem solving, shortcuts, more tricks, labs, exam prep, practice sheets, recorded session
per session
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