Organic Chemistry II
Course Topics
- Review of Organic Chemistry I Concepts
- Functional groups, nomenclature, and isomerism
- Bonding, hybridization, and molecular orbital theory
- Acid-base concepts and reaction mechanisms
- Aromaticity and Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
- Aromaticity criteria and Huckel's rule
- Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
- Synthetic strategies involving aromatic compounds
- Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry
- UV-Vis spectroscopy and electronic transitions
- Infrared spectroscopy and functional group identification
- NMR spectroscopy and structural analysis
- Substitution and Elimination Reactions
- Nucleophilic substitution reactions (SN1, SN2)
- Elimination reactions (E1, E2)
- Stereoselectivity in substitution and elimination reactions
- Carbohydrates and Carbohydrate Reactions
- Structure and nomenclature of monosaccharides
- Glycoside formation and carbohydrate modifications
- Carbohydrate-based reactions and their applications
- Pericyclic Reactions
- Diels-Alder reaction and cycloaddition reactions
- Sigmatropic rearrangements and electrocyclic reactions
- Understanding frontier molecular orbitals and symmetry considerations
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Introduction to transition metal organometallic compounds
- Coordination chemistry and ligand types
- Applications of organometallic chemistry in synthesis and catalysis
- Multi-step Synthesis and Retrosynthesis
- Designing multi-step synthetic routes
- Functional group interconversions and protecting groups
- Retrosynthetic analysis and strategy development
Disclaimer
The course syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. Any modifications or updates will be communicated in advance.