Chemistry 51A: Organic Chemistry
Chemistry 51A: Organic Chemistry (Fall 2009, UC Irvine). Instructor: Professor James Nowick. 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.
| Lecture 01 - Syllabus and Introduction |
| Lecture 02 - Bond Polarity, Formal Charge, Lewis Structures |
| Lecture 03 - Resonance Structures, Skeletal Structures, Bond Length |
| Lecture 04 - Orbital Models of Structure and Bonding |
| Lecture 05 - Molecular Geometry, Acids and Bases |
| Lecture 06 - Acid Strength and Equilibria |
| Lecture 07 - Lewis Acids, Lewis Bases, and Organic Reaction Mechanisms |
| Lecture 08 - Organic Compounds and Functional Groups |
| Lecture 09 - Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Amines |
| Lecture 10 - Carbonyl Compounds, Intermolecular Forces |
| Lecture 11 - Introduction to Alkanes |
| Lecture 12 - Nomenclature of Alkanes, Conformations of Ethane |
| Lecture 13 - Conformations of Butane and Cycloalkanes |
| Lecture 14 - Conformations of Cyclohexane |
| Lecture 15 - Introduction to Stereochemistry |
| Lecture 16 - Assigning Tetrahedral Stereogenic Centers |
| Lecture 17 - Meso Compounds |
| Lecture 18 - Properties of Chiral Compounds |
| Lecture 19 - Introduction to Understanding Organic Reactions |
| Lecture 20 - Energy Diagrams, Transition States, and Reaction Rates |
| Lecture 21 - Energetics of Reactions |
| Lecture 22 - Introduction to Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution |
| Lecture 23 - Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN2 Reactions |
| Lecture 24 - Mechanistic and Stereochemical Aspects of SN1 Reactions |
| Lecture 25 - Properties of Electrophiles, Leaving Groups, and Nucleophiles |
| Lecture 26 - Elimination Reactions. Introduction to E2 Reactions |
| Lecture 27 - Regiochemical and Stereochemical Course of E2 Reactions |
| Lecture 28 - E1 Reactions, Comparison of SN1, SN2, E1, and E2 Reactions |