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The Learning Process with Dr Uma Sharma

- Build a deep understanding of structure, resonance, and acid–base ideas before memorising reactions.
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How to Master Organic Chemistry
To succeed in Organic Chemistry, you need a well-organised approach. The key is deep understanding, not brute-force memorisation.
- 10+ million organic compounds exist — you cannot memorise them all. Once you know how structures, mechanisms and functional groups behave, new reactions become predictable.
- Organic Chemistry is rational, systematic and highly organised. When you see patterns in electron flow and stability, the subject stops being scary.
- Work lots of problems. More practice reveals more mechanism “tricks” and synthesis ideas. You get topic-wise quizzes and mixed practice from my own question bank.
- Study actively with pen and paper. Draw structures, arrows, and full mechanisms—not just read solutions.
- Use summary sheets and flashcards. We build concise reaction maps and mechanism cards for quick daily review.
- Respect the sequence. Each chapter relies on the previous one, so we follow a carefully planned order of topics.

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Organic Chemistry Exam Course Content
This is a comprehensive Orgo-1 syllabus covering foundations (structure, bonding, stereochemistry, resonance, acid–base), conformations, mechanisms, functional-group chemistry, spectroscopy, biomolecules and polymers. Units below can be adapted to match your university or pre-med syllabus.
- Basic principles for atomic structure-
- Electrons,
- Bonds, and
- Lewis Structures
- Formal Charges
- Electronegativity and bond polarity
- Atomic Orbitals -quantum mechanics
- Valence Bond Theory
- Sigma
- Pi bond
- Molecular Orbital Theory
- Bonding
- Antibonding orbitals
- Hybridization in organic molecules
- Sp3
- Sp2
- sp
- VSEPR Theory: Predicting Geometry
- Dipole Moments and Molecular Polarity
- Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties
- Solubility
- Choice of Solvent
- Solvating Effects
- Counterions
- Ways of representing organic molecules –
- Full structure notation
- Condensed structure notation
- Bond–line notation
- Mixed notation
- Identifying Functional Groups in organic molecules.
- Introduction to nomenclature
- Nomenclature of the priority groups I
- Nomenclature of the priority groups II
- Naming complex substituents
- Nomenclature of aromatic compounds
- Nomenclature of bicyclic compounds.
- Degrees of unsaturation in organic molecules
- Isomerism in organic molecules
- Constitutional isomers
- Chain isomers
- Position isomers
- Functional group isomers
- Metamers
- Stereoisomers
- Geometrical isomers - “cis” and “trans” stereochemical descriptors
- Optical isomers
- Chirality
- Optical activity
- Enantiomers and diastereomers
- Carbon Atoms with Formal Charges
- Identifying Lone Pairs and bond pairs
- Meaning of curved arrows-Flow of electron density
- Delocalized and Localized Lone Pairs .
- Formal Charges in Resonance Structures
- The meaning of resonance structures
- Do’s and don’ts rule for making resonance structure
- Writing resonance structures: Some common mistakes
- Consequences of resonance-
- modification of bond length and bond strength;
- stabilization;
- modification of hybridization.
- Ranking of resonating structures based on stability.
- Practice resonance structure
- Arrhenius Acids and Bases
- Bronsted-Lowry Acids and bases
- Lewis Acids and Bases
- Identification of acids, bases conjugate acids and conjugate bases.
- Acidity trends –Strength of acids and bases
- Periodic-table trends in acidity
- Inductive effect on acidity
- Resonance effect on acidity
- The effect of hybridization on acidity
- pH, pOH, pKa, pKb and pKw and how are they related to each other.
- Position of Equilibrium based on strength of acids and bases.
- Newman projections
- Sawhorse representations
- 3-D wedge and dash representation
- Conformational analysis of butane and ethane
- Staggered conformation
- Eclipsed conformation
- Strain energy
- Stability of conformations
- Molecular strain
- bond-length strain;
- bond-angle strain;
- steric strain;
- eclipsing strain (also called torsional strain).
- Conformational analysis of the cycloalkanes
- “cis” and “trans” stereochemical descriptors used with rings
- Eclipsed and staggered conformations in cycloalkanes
- Cyclopropane
- Cyclobutane and cyclopentane
- Cyclohexane
- Chair and boat conformation in cyclohexane
- Monosubstituted and disubstituted rings.
- 1,3 diaxial interactions in cycloalkanes
- Enthalpy and Entropy changes during a reaction.
- Bond-Dissociation Enthalpies
- Gibbs Free Energy and Equilibria
- Energy Diagrams for reactions
- Transition energy and The Hammond Postulate
- Kinetics and activation energy
- Rates of Multistep Reactions
- Temperature dependence of rates
- Thermodynamically controlled and kinetically controlled reactions.
- Mechanisms and Drawing Curved Arrows
- Nucleophiles and Electrophiles.
- Reactive intermediates
- Free radicals ,
- Carbocation,
- Carbanion,
- carbene
- Stability of carbocations and free radical
- Rearrangement of carbocations.
- Mechanism of 1,2 hydride shift
- Mechanism of 1,2 methyl shift
- Important general Mechanism -I
- Free radical substitution
- Mechanism -II Electrophilic addition reaction
- Mechanism -III Electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction
- Mechanism -IV Nucleophilic addition reactions
- Mechanism -IV Nucleophilic substitution reactions
- Mechanism -V Elimination reactions
- Classification of Hydrocarbons
- Molecular Formulas of Alkanes
- Nomenclature of Alkanes
- Review for Rules for Naming Alkanes
- Physical Properties of Alkanes
- Free radical halogenation reactions
- Temperature Dependence of Halogenation
- Selectivity in Halogenation
- Reactions of Alkanes
- Structure and conformations in alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Relative Stability of Isomeric Alkanes
- Stabilities of Cycloalkanes-Ring Strain.
- Calculating the strain energy of monocyclic cycloalkanes
- Bicyclic Molecules
- Calculating the strain energy of polycyclic cycloalkanes
- Review of Nomenclature of Alkyl Halides
- Structure of Alkyl Halides
- Physical Properties of Alkyl Halides
- Preparation of Alkyl Halides
- Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Substitution and Elimination
- Second-Order Nucleophilic Substitution: The SN2 Reaction
- Mechanism of the SN2 Reaction
- Factors Affecting SN2 Reactions
- Trends in Nucleophilicity
- Reactivity of the Substrate in SN2 Reactions
- Stereochemistry of the SN2 Reaction
- First-Order Nucleophilic Substitution: The SN1 Reaction
- Mechanism of The SN1 Reaction
- Stereochemistry of the SN1 Reaction
- Rearrangements in the SN1 Reactions
- Mechanism of Racemization in the SN1 Reaction
- Comparison of SN1 and SN2 Reactions
- First-Order Elimination: The E1 Reaction
- Mechanism of The E1 Reaction
- Mechanism of Rearrangement in an E1 Reaction
- Zaitsev’s Rule as Positional Orientation of Elimination
- Hofmann’s Rule for elimination.
- Second-Order Elimination: The E2 Reaction
- Mechanism of The E2 Reaction
- Stereochemistry of the E2 Reaction
- Comparison of E1 and E2 Elimination Mechanisms
- Determining Which Mechanism Predominates
- Review of Nomenclature of Alkenes with Cis/Trans or E/Z designations.
- The Orbital picture of the Alkene Double Bond
- Elements of Unsaturation
- Stability of Alkenes -Zaitsev’s rule
- Physical Properties of Alkenes
- Alkene Synthesis by Elimination of Alkyl Halides
- Mechanism of Dehydrohalogenation by the E2 Mechanism
- Stereochemistry of the E2 Reaction
- Regioselectivity of E2 Reactions- Zaitsev product. And Hofmann product
- Mechanism of E2 Debromination of a Vicinal Dibromide
- Alkene Synthesis by Dehydration of Alcohols
- Mechanism of Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of an Alcohol
- Alkene Synthesis by High-Temperature
- Dehydrogenation of Alkanes
- Catalytic Cracking of Alkanes
- Reactivity of the Carbon–Carbon Double Bond
- Electrophilic Addition to carbon -carbon double bond.
- Mechanism of Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes
- Thermodynamic and kinetic factor controlling the equilibrium of addition and elimination reaction.
- Hydrohalogenation of Alkenes to give Alkyl halides
- Mechanism for Hydrohalogenation of Alkene -Markovnikov’s addition
- Mechanism for Free-Radical Addition of HBr to Alkenes -Anti Markovnikov’s addition
- Addition of Water: Hydration of Alkenes to give alcohol
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of an Alkene -Markovnikov’s addition
- Hydration of Alkene by Oxymercuration–Demercuration - Markovnikov’s addition
- Mechanism for Oxymercuration of an Alkene
- Hydroboration of Alkenes to give alcohol via Anti Markovnikov’s addition
- Mechanism for Hydroboration of an Alkene
- Alkoxymercuration–Demercuration of alkenes to give ethers
- Addition of Halogens to Alkenes to vicinal dihalides
- Mechanism for Addition of Halogens to Alkenes
- Formation of Halohydrins
- Mechanism for Formation of Halohydrins
- Reduction by Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkenes
- Addition of Carbenes to Alkenes to form cyclopropane.
- Epoxidation of Alkenes
- Mechanism for Epoxidation of Alkenes
- Epoxidation of Alkenes
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Opening of Epoxides
- Oxidative addition on alkene –
- Syn Dihydroxylation of Alkenes
- Anti-Dihydroxylation using MCPBA
- Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes using Conc KMnO4
- Ozonolysis
- Reductive ozonolysis
- Oxidative ozonolysis
- Polymerization of Alkenes
- Synthesis strategies with alkene reactions
- Review of Nomenclature of Alkynes
- Physical Properties of Alkynes
- Orbital Structure of Alkynes
- Acidity of Acetylene and Terminal Alkynes
- Synthesis of Alkynes from Acetylides
- Synthesis of Alkynes by Elimination Reactions
- Reduction of Alkynes
- Mechanism -Metal–Ammonia Reduction of an Alkyne
- Addition Reactions of Alkynes
- Hydrohalogenation of Alkynes
- Hydration of Alkynes
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Keto–Enol Tautomerism
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Keto–Enol Tautomerism
- Halogenation of Alkynes
- Oxidation of Alkynes -Ozonolysis of Alkynes
- Alkylation of Terminal Alkynes
- Synthetic Strategies with alkynes.
- Structure and Classification of Alcohols
- Review Nomenclature of Alcohols and Phenols
- Physical Properties of Alcohols
- Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
- Preparation of Alcohols
- Via Substitution or Addition
- Organometallic Reagents for preparation of Alcohol
- Addition of Grignard reagents to Carbonyl Compounds
- Mechanism for Grignard Reactions
- Preparation of Phenols
- Side Reactions of Organometallic Reagents
- Reduction of Alkyl Halides
- Reduction of the Carbonyl Group:
- Synthesis of 1° and 2° Alcohols
- Mechanism for Hydride Reduction of a Carbonyl Group
- Thiols (Mercaptans)
- Oxidation States of Alcohols
- Alcohols as Nucleophiles and Electrophiles-
- Formation of Tosylates
- SN2 Reactions Of Tosylate Esters
- Reduction of Alcohols
- Reactions of Alcohols with Hydrohalic Acids
- Mechanism for Reaction of a Tertiary Alcohol with HBr (SN1)
- Mechanism for Reaction of a Primary Alcohol with HBr (SN2)
- Reactions of Alcohols with Phosphorus Halides
- Mechanism for Reaction of Alcohols with PBr3
- Reactions of Alcohols with Thionyl Chloride
- Dehydration Reactions of Alcohols
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of an Alcohol
- Reactions of Diols
- Mechanism The Pinacol Rearrangement
- Esterification of Alcohols
- Mechanism of esterification
- Esters of Inorganic Acids
- Reactions of Alkoxides
- Mechanism -The Williamson Ether Synthesis
- Review of Nomenclature of Ethers
- Structure and Physical Properties of Ethers
- Synthesis of ethers
- The Williamson Ether Synthesis
- Mechanism -The Williamson Ether Synthesis
- Synthesis of Ethers by Alkoxymercuration–Demercuration
- Bimolecular Condensation of Alcohols
- Reactions of Ethers
- Cleavage of Ethers by HBr and HI
- Mechanism for Cleavage of an Ether by HBr or HI
- Autoxidation of Ethers
- Thioethers (Sulfides) and Silyl Ethers
- Crown Ethers
- Nomenclature of Epoxides
- Preparation of Epoxides
- Stereochemistry of epoxides
- Reactions of Epoxides
- Acid-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Epoxides
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Opening of Epoxides in Water
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Opening of an Epoxide in an Alcohol Solution
- Base-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Epoxides
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Opening of Epoxides
- Orientation of Epoxide Ring Opening
- Reactions of Epoxides with Grignard and Organolithium Reagents
- Thiols and Sulfides
- Synthesis Strategies Involving Epoxides
- Introduction to Spectroscopy
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Units of Frequency. Wavelength and Wavenumber
- Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation by Organic Molecules
- Index of Hydrogen Deficiency - Degrees of Unsaturation
- The Rule of Thirteen
- The Nitrogen Rule
Infrared Spectroscopy
- The Infrared Region
- Molecular Vibrations
- Signal Characteristics:
- Wavenumber
- Intensity
- Shape
- Analyzing an IR Spectrum
- Factors That Influence the Stretching Vibration
- Infrared Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbons
- Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes, Aromatic rings ,cycloalkanes ,cycloalkene
- Characteristic Absorptions of Alcohols, phenols and Amines
- Characteristic Absorptions of ethers
- Characteristic Absorptions of Carbonyl Compounds
- Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic acids, Esters, Amides, Acid Chlorides, Anhydride, conjugated dicarbonyl compounds.
- Characteristic Absorptions of C—N Bonds
- Amines, Nitriles, Isocyanates, Isothiocyanates, and Imines, Nitro Compounds
- Carboxylate Salts, Amine Salts, and Amino Acids
- Sulfur Compounds, Phosphorus Compounds, Alkyl and Aryl Halides
- Simplified Summary of IR Stretching Frequencies
- Using IR Spectroscopy to Distinguish between Two Compounds
Mass Spectrometry
- Introduction to Mass Spectrometry
- Determination of the Molecular Formula by Mass Spectrometry
- Fragmentation Patterns in Mass Spectrometry
- Analyzing the (M)+• Peak
- Analyzing the (M+1)+• Peak
- Analyzing the (M+2)+• Peak
- Analyzing the Fragments
- Fragmentations Associated with Functional Groups
- Alkanes and alkane groups ,Cycloalkanes
- Alkenes and alkene groups ,Cycloalkenes
- Alkynes
- Aromatic hydrocarbon groups
- Halides
- Alcohols ,Phenols
- Ethers, acetals and ketals
- Carbonyl compounds generally
- Aldehydes, Ketones and quinones
- Carboxylic acids
- Esters
- Amides
- Anhydrides
- Acid chlorides
- Nitriles ,Nitro compounds ,Amines and nitrogen heterocycles
- Sulfur compounds
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Introduction to NMR Spectroscopy
- Absorption of Energy
- Theory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Magnetic Shielding by Electrons
- Characteristics of a 1H NMR Spectrum
- Chemical Equivalence -Number of Signals
- The Chemical Shift and Shielding
- Chemical Environment and Chemical Shift
- Integration- Areas of the Peaks
- Pascal’s Triangle
- Multiplicity-
- Spin-Spin Splitting
- Complex Splitting
- Stereochemical Nonequivalence of Protons
- Typical 1 H NMR Absorptions by Type of Compound
- Alkanes, Alkenes, Aromatic Compounds, Alkynes
- Alkyl Halides
- Alcohols, Ethers
- Amines, Nitriles
- Aldehydes. , Ketones., Esters ,Carboxylic Acids., Amides.
- Nitroalkanes
Carbon-13 NMR Spectroscopy
- The Carbon-13 Nucleus
- Carbon-13 Chemical Shifts Correlation Charts .
- Calculation of 13C Chemical Shifts
- Proton-Coupled 13C Spectra—
- Spin–Spin Splitting of Carbon-13 Signals
- Proton-Decoupled 13C Spectra
- Some Sample Spectra—Equivalent Carbons
- Non-Equivalent Carbon Atoms Compounds with Aromatic Rings
- Carbon-13 NMR Solvents—Heteronuclear Coupling of Carbon to Deuterium
- Carbon and Proton NMR: How to Solve a Structure Problem
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY
- The Nature of Electronic Excitations and The Origin of UV Band Structure
- Principles of Absorption Spectroscopy
- Presentation of Spectra
- What Is a Chromophore?
- The Effect of Conjugation
- The Effect of Conjugation on Alkenes
- The Woodward–Fieser Rules for Dienes
- Carbonyl Compounds; Enones
- Woodward’s Rules for Enones
- α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes, Acids, and Esters
- Aromatic Compounds –
- Substituents with Unshared Electrons,
- Substituents Capable of p-Conjugation,
- Electron-Releasing and Electron-Withdrawing Effects,
- Disubstituted Benzene Derivatives,
- Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Compounds
- Introduction to different classes of Classes of Dienes
- Stabilities of Dienes
- Conjugated Diene
- Molecular Orbital Picture of a Conjugated System
- Molecular Orbitals of the Allylic System
- Electronic Configurations of the Allyl Radical, Cation, and Anion
- Mechanism for Free-Radical Allylic Bromination
- Electrophilic Addition
- 1,2- and 1,4-Addition to Conjugated Dienes
- Mechanism for 1,2- and 1,4-Addition to a Conjugated Diene
- Kinetic versus Thermodynamic Control in the
- Addition of HBr to Buta-1,3-diene
- SN2 Displacement Reactions of Allylic Halides and Tosylates
- Introduction to Pericyclic Reactions
- The Diels–Alder Reaction
- Mechanism for The Diels–Alder Reaction
- The Diels–Alder as an Example of a Pericyclic Reaction
- MO Description of Cycloadditions
- Electrocyclic Reactions
- Nomenclature of Benzene Derivatives
- The Structure and Stability of Benzene
- The Molecular Orbitals of Benzene
- The Molecular Orbital Picture of Cyclobutadiene
- Aromaticity
- Aromatic,
- Antiaromatic,
- and Nonaromatic Compounds
- Hückel’s Rule
- Molecular Orbital Derivation of Hückel’s Rule
- Aromatic Ions
- Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Aromatic Compounds Other than Benzene
- Reactions at the Benzylic Position
- Reduction of the Aromatic Moiety
- Meaning of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
- Mechanism for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
- Halogenation of Benzene
- Mechanism for Bromination of Benzene
- Nitration of Benzene
- Mechanism for Nitration of Benzene
- Sulfonation of Benzene
- Mechanism for Sulfonation of Benzene
- Nitration of Toluene: The Effect of Alkyl Substitution
- Activated and deactivated rings
- Activating, Ortho, Para-Directing Substituents
- Deactivating, Meta-Directing Substituents
- Halogens: The Exception : Deactivating, but Ortho,Para-Directing
- Determining the Directing Effects of Multiple Substituents
- The Friedel–Crafts Alkylation
- Mechanism for Friedel–Crafts Alkylation
- The Friedel–Crafts Acylation
- Mechanism Friedel–Crafts Acylation
- Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution - Elimination-Addition
- Mechanism for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (Addition–Elimination)
- Mechanism for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (Benzyne Mechanism)
- Aromatic Substitutions Using Organometallic Reagents
- Addition Reactions of Benzene Derivatives
- Mechanism for The Birch Reduction
- Side-Chain Reactions of Benzene Derivatives
- Reactions of Phenols
- Structure of the Carbonyl Group
- Review of Nomenclature of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Physical Properties of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Synthesis of Ketones and Aldehydes
- from alcohols
- from Carboxylic Acids
- from Nitriles
- from Acid Chlorides and Esters
- Reactions of Ketones and Aldehydes:
- Introduction to Nucleophilic Addition Reaction
- Mechanism for Nucleophilic Additions to Carbonyl Groups
- With Oxygen Nucleophiles
- Hydration of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Mechanism for Hydration of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Formation of Acetals
- Key Mechanism for Formation of Acetals
- Use of Acetals as Protecting Groups
- With Nitrogen Nucleophiles
- Mechanism for Formation of Cyanohydrins
- Formation of Imines
- Mechanism for Formation of Imines
- Condensations with Hydroxylamine and Hydrazines
- Summary: Condensations of Amines with Ketones and Aldehydes
- Nucleophilic Addition Reaction of sulfide as Sulfur Nucleophiles
- Nucleophilic Addition of hydride Hydrogen Nucleophiles
- With Carbon Nucleophiles
- The Wittig Reaction
- Mechanism for The Wittig Reaction
- Formation of Cyanohydrins
- Oxidation of Aldehydes
- Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Aldehydes and Ketones
- Tollen’s reagent test for aldehydes
- Fehling’s test for aldehydes
- Reductions of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Mechanism for Wolff–Kishner Reduction
- Clemmenson Reduction
- Review of Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids
- Structure and Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acids
- Acidity of Carboxylic Acids
- Effect of substituents on the acidity of carboxylic acids.
- Salts of Carboxylic Acids
- Preparation of Carboxylic Acids
- From oxidation of alcohols
- From oxidation of aldehydes
- Hydrolysis of acid nitriles
- From Grignard reagent
- Hydrolysis of esters
- Hydrolysis of acid halides
- Hydrolysis of acid anhydride
- Hydrolysis of amides
- Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
- Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
- Mechanism for Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution in the Basic Hydrolysis of an Ester
- Condensation of Acids with Alcohols:The Esterification Reaction
- Mechanism for Fischer Esterification
- Esterification Using Diazomethane
- Mechanism for Esterification Using Diazomethane
- Condensation of Acids with Amines: Direct Synthesis of Amides
- Reduction of Carboxylic Acids
- Alkylation of Carboxylic Acids to Form Ketones
- Synthesis and Use of Acid Chlorides
- Structure and Nomenclature of Acid Derivatives
- Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
- Reactivity order of acid derivatives for Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
- Interconversion of Acid Derivatives by Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
- Mechanism for Addition–Elimination Mechanism of Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Acid Chloride to an Anhydride
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Acid Chloride to an Ester
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Acid Chloride to an Amide
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Acid Anhydride to an Ester
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Acid Anhydride to an Amide
- Mechanism for Conversion of an Ester to an Amide (Ammonolysis of an Ester) Transesterification
- Mechanism for Transesterification
- Hydrolysis of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
- Mechanism for Saponification of an Ester
- Mechanism for Basic Hydrolysis of an Amide
- Mechanism for Acidic Hydrolysis of an Amide
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of a Nitrile
- Reduction of Acid Derivatives
- Mechanism for Hydride Reduction of an Ester
- Mechanism for Reduction of an Amide to an Amine
- Reactions of Acid Derivatives with Organometallic Reagents
- Mechanism for Reaction of an Ester with Two Moles of a
- Grignard Reagent
- Summary of the Chemistry of Acid Chlorides
- Summary of the Chemistry of Anhydrides
- Summary of the Chemistry of Esters
- Summary of the Chemistry of Amides
- Summary of the Chemistry of Nitriles
- Thioesters
- Review for Nomenclature of Amines
- Structure and Physical Properties of Amines
- Basicity of Amines
- Effects on Amine Basicity
- Salts of Amines
- Reactions of Amines with Ketones and Aldehydes
- Aromatic Substitution of Arylamines and Pyridine
- Mechanism for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution of Pyridine
- Mechanism for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of Pyridine
- Alkylation of Amines by Alkyl Halides
- Acylation of Amines by Acid Chlorides
- Mechanism for Acylation of an Amine by an Acid Chloride
- Formation of Sulfonamides
- Amines as Leaving Groups: The Hofmann Elimination
- Mechanism for Hofmann Elimination
- Oxidation of Amines
- The Cope Elimination
- Mechanism for The Cope Elimination of an Amine Oxide
- Reactions of Amines with Nitrous Acid
- Mechanism for Diazotization of an Amine
- Reactions of Arenediazonium Salts
- Preparation of Amines via Substitution Reactions
- Preparation of Amines via Reductive Amination
- Synthesis of Amines by Reductive Amination
- Synthesis of Amines by Acylation–Reduction
- Introduction alpha carbon chemistry - Alpha Substitution
- Mechanism for Alpha Substitution
- Mechanism for Addition of an Enolate to Ketones and Aldehydes (a Condensation)
- Mechanism 22-3: Substitution of an Enolate on an Ester (alpha Condensation)
- Enols and Enolate Ions
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Keto–Enol Tautomerism
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Keto–Enol Tautomerism
- Alkylation of Enolate Ions
- Formation and Alkylation of Enamines
- Alpha Halogenation of Ketones
- Mechanism for Base-Promoted Halogenation
- Mechanism for Final Steps of the Haloform Reaction
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Alpha Halogenation
- Alpha Bromination of Acids: The HVZ (Hell -Volhard -Zelinsky) Reaction
- The Aldol Condensation of Ketones and Aldehydes
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Aldol Condensation
- Mechanism for Acid-Catalyzed Aldol Condensation
- Dehydration of Aldol Products
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Dehydration of an Aldol
- Crossed Aldol Condensations
- Cyclic aldol reactions
- Planning Syntheses Using Aldol Condensations
- The Claisen Ester Condensation
- Mechanism for The Claisen Ester Condensation
- The Dieckmann Condensation: A Claisen Cyclization
- Crossed Claisen Condensations
- Syntheses Using conjugated Dicarbonyl Compounds
- The Malonic Ester Synthesis
- Mechanism for The Malonic Ester Synthesis
- The Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
- Mechanism for The Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
- Conjugate Additions:
- The Michael Reaction
- Mechanism for 1,2-Addition and 1,4-Addition (Conjugate Addition)
- The Robinson Annulation
- Mechanism for The Robinson Annulation
- Classification of Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides oligosaccharide and polysaccharides
- Aldoses and ketoses
- Reducing and non-reducing sugars
- Stereochemistry of carbohydrates
- assigning the configuration of monosaccharides
- Erythro and Threo Diastereomers
- Epimers
- Cyclic Structures of Monosaccharides
- Mechanism for Formation of a Cyclic Hemiacetal
- The Cyclic Hemiacetal Form of Glucose
- The Five-Membered Cyclic Hemiacetal Form of Fructose
- Anomers of Monosaccharides: Mutarotation
- Reactions of Monosaccharides:
- Side Reactions in Base
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Epimerization of Glucose
- Mechanism for Base-Catalyzed Enediol Rearrangement
- Reduction of Monosaccharides
- Oxidation of Monosaccharides:Reducing Sugars
- Nonreducing Sugars: Formation of Glycosides
- Ether and Ester Formation
- Reactions with Phenylhydrazine: Osazone Formation
- Chain Shortening: The Ruff Degradation
- Chain Lengthening: The Kiliani–Fischer Synthesis
- Determination of Ring Size: Periodic Acid Cleavage of Sugars
- Important Disaccharides -Sucrose ,maltose and lactose
- Important Polysaccharides -Starch ,Cellulose and glycogen
- Nucleic Acids: Introduction
- nucleosides and nucleotides in DNA and RNA
- Pyrimidines and purines
- Hydrolysis of DNA molecule
- Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid-
- The Double Helix of DNA
- Base pairing
- DNA replication
- Structure of RNA
- Functions of RNA
- Difference in DNA and RNA
- Introduction to Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
- Structure and Stereochemistry of the alpha Amino Acids
- Essential amino acids
- Non Essential amino acids
- Amino acids as Zwitter ion
- Acid–Base Properties of Amino Acids
- Isoelectric Points and Electrophoresis
- Synthesis of Amino Acids
- Resolution of Amino Acids
- Reactions of Amino Acids
- Structure and Nomenclature of Peptides and Proteins
- Peptide Structure Determination - Sequencing a Peptide
- Solution-Phase Peptide Synthesis
- Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis
- Classification of Proteins
- Levels of Protein Structure
- Protein Denaturation
- Enzymes and their functions
- Vitamins
- Classification of vitamins
- Important Vitamins ,their Sources and their deficiency diseases.
- Introduction to lipids
- Waxes
- Triglycerides
- Saponification of Fats and Oils- Soaps and Detergents
- Phospholipids
- Steroids
- Prostaglandins
- Terpenes
- Introduction to Polymers
- Classification of Polymers
- Biopolymers or Natural polymers -Polysaccharides,Polynucleotide (RNA or DNA),polypeptides in proteins ,natural rubber
- Synthetic polymers
- Classification Based on Structure of Polymers
- Classification Based on Mode of Polymerisation
- Classification of polymers Based on Molecular Forces
- Classification of polymers Based on Growth Polymerisation
- Preparation of some important addition polymers
- Polythene ,
- Polytetrafluoroethene ,
- Polyacrylonitrile,
- Important condensation polymerisation reactions
- Nylons,
- Polyesters,
- Bakelite,
- Melamine
- Copolymerisation
- Rubber-
- Synthetic rubbers
- Buna – S,
- Buna – N,
- Neoprene
- Molecular Mass of Polymers
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Poly β-hydroxybutyrate – co-β-hydroxy valerate (PHBV)
- Nylon 2–nylon 6