Unit · year 1
CU-105 · Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Threads structure · bonding24 lectures5 results
The architecture of carbon compounds: functional groups, isomerism and shape.
PREREQUISITES
Lectures
| L01 | Why Carbon? Catenation and Valency — |
| L02 | Drawing Organic Structures — |
| L03 | Alkanes and the Homologous Series — |
| L04 | IUPAC Nomenclature: The Rules |
| L05 | Functional Groups: A Survey |
| L06 | Naming Compounds with Functional Groups |
| L07 | Degree of Unsaturation |
| L08 | Deducing Structure from Molecular Formula |
| L09 | Structural Isomerism |
| L10 | Stereoisomerism: Cis and Trans |
| L11 | E/Z Nomenclature and the CIP Rules |
| L12 | Chirality and Stereocentres |
| L13 | Assigning R and S |
| L14 | Optical Activity and Polarimetry |
| L15 | Enantiomers, Diastereomers, and Meso Compounds |
| L16 | Racemic Mixtures and Resolution |
| L17 | Conformations of Ethane and Butane |
| L18 | Cyclohexane: Chair and Boat |
| L19 | Axial, Equatorial, and A-Values |
| L20 | Ring Strain in Small Rings |
| L21 | Aromaticity and Hückel's Rule — |
| L22 | Inductive and Resonance Effects — |
| L23 | Acidity and Basicity in Organic Molecules — |
| L24 | Synthesis: Structure Determines Reactivity |
Results in this unit
T-023
Functional groups and nomenclature
The reactive handles that organise organic chemistry.
T-024
Structural and stereoisomerism
One formula, many distinct molecules.
T-025
Chirality and optical activity
Molecular handedness and its measurable signature.
T-026
Conformational analysis
The energy landscape of rotation about single bonds.
T-027
Degree of unsaturation
Counting rings and multiple bonds from a molecular formula.