Organic Chemistry 51C (UCI)

• Introduction to Carboxylic Acids
• Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds, Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones with Hydride Nucleophiles
• Reactions of Organometallic Reagents with Carbonyl Compounds and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives with Hydride and Organometallic Reagents
• Selective Reactions and Protecting Groups in the Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds and Organometallic Reagents
• Aldehydes and Ketones: Reactions with Basic Nucleophiles and Acid-Catalyzed Reactions with Weakly Basic Nucleophiles
• Formation of Imines and Enamines from Aldehydes and Ketones
• Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, and Acetals from Aldehydes and Ketones
• Chemistry of the Carboxylic Acid Family. Reactions of Acid Chlorides and Anhydrides
• Reaction of Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amides and Nitriles
• Enols and Enolates
• More Reactions of Enols and Enolates
• The Aldol Reaction and the Michael Reaction
• The Robinson Annulation and the Claisen Reaction
• Introduction to Amines - Properties and Synthesis
• Reactions of Amines: Hofmann Degradation, Diazotization, and Reactions of Aryl Diazonium Salts
• Introduction to Carbohydrates: Structure and Stereochemistry
• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
• Organometallic Reactions in Organic Synthesis.
• Wittig Reaction
• Addition of Water, Alcohol & Cyanide
• Aldehydes & Ketones: Nucleophilic Substitution