# Readings

The chapters listed in the table below refer to the course text:

Wade, L. G. Organic Chemistry. 5th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, 2002. ISBN: 9780130338327.

EA = Elemental Analysis
MS = Mass Spectrometry
IR = Infrared Spectroscopy
NMR = Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

SES # | TOPICS | READINGS
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L1 - L8 | Molecular Formula and Index of Hydrogen Deficiency (EA and MS) Functional Groups (IR, MS) Connectivity (13C NMR, 1H NMR) Organic Structure Elucidation | Chapter 12, pp. 490-538 Chapter 13, pp. 539-599
L9 - L13 | Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides Conjugated Systems and Molecular Orbital Theory Pericyclic Reactions - Introduction | Chapter 14, pp. 600-637
L14 | Pericyclic Reactions - Electrocyclic Processes | Chapter 14, pp. 600-637 Fleming, I. Frontier Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions . Wiley, 1976, pp. 121-181.
L15 - L17 | Pericyclic Reactions - Cycloadditions, Sigmatropic Rearrangements and Reactions | Chapter 15, pp. 638-678
L18 - L19 | Amines | Chapter 19, pp. 836–889
L20 - L23 | Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives | Chapter 20, pp. 900–933 Chapter 21, pp. 940–992
L24 - L28 | Enols and Enolates | Chapter 22, pp. 1003–1051
L29 - L31 | Carbocations Carbocations Problem Solving Session | No assigned readings for remaining sessions.
L32 - L34 | Radicals |