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CHEM 5321/6321
Spring 2025
Text: Advanced Organic Chemistry, Reactions and Mechanisms, 2nd Ed. Bernard Miller, ISBN 0-13-065588-0
Terms of Use: You may not keep, redistribute, edit or link to the videos on this site.
I cannot guarantee video or audio for every lecture so please come to class!
Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
1 | January 21-Waves | 23 |
2 | 28 | 30-Chapter 2-Electrocyclic |
3 | February 4 | 6 |
4 | 11-Chapter 3-Cycloaddtion | 13 |
5 | 18 | 20-Chapter 4-Sigmatropic |
6 | 25 | 27 |
7 | March 4-Review | 6-Midterm |
8 | 11-Holiday | 13-Holiday |
9 | 18-Chapter 5-Linear Free-Energry | 20 |
10 | 25 | 27-Chapter 6-Cationic Rearrangments |
11 | April 1 | 3 |
12 | 8-Chapter 7-Neighboring Group Effects | 10 |
13 | 15-Chapter 8-Carbanion and Radical Rearrangements | 17 |
14 | 22-Chapter 9-Carbenes | 24 |
15 | 29-Chapter 10-Photochemistry | May 1 |
16 | 6 | 8-Review |
17 | 13 | 15-Final Exam 7:00 to 9:45 am |
Your grade for this course will consist of:
(All lessons and syntheses due on the midnight of the date given).
L# |
Title |
Video |
"Rosetta Stone" Suggested Reading Pages (Sections) |
Due Date |
1 | Reactions of Conjugated Pi-Systems | Chapter 1 | ||
2 | Electrocyclic Reactions | x | Chapter 2 | |
3 | Cycloadditions-Diels Alder | x | Chapter 3 | |
4 | Cycloadditions-Advanced | Chapter 3 | ||
5 | Sigmatropic Rearrangments-Advanced | Chapter 4 | ||
6 | Electrocyclic Reactions-Advanced | Chapter 2 | ||
7 | Cationic Rearrangements-Advanced | Chapter 6 | ||
8 | Anchimeric Rerrangements-Advanced (only 9 questions) | Chapter 7 | ||
9 | Carbanion and Radical Rearrangments-Advanced | Chapter 8 | ||
10 | Carbene Reactions-Advanced | Chapter 9 | ||
11 | Photochemistry-Advanced | Chapter 10 |
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