CHEM 2211 Syllabus

Subject Code

CHEM

Course Number

2211

Course Title

Organic Chemistry I

Prerequisites

CHEM 1211 with a grade of C or higher, CHEM 1211L with a grade of C or higher

Corequisites

CHEM 2211L

Terms Offered

Offered Fall and Summer

Credit Hours

(3-0-3)

Course Description

This course is the first of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry. Topics include structure, bonding, sterochemistry and reactions of organic molecules comprised of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and organohalides.

Course Outcomes

Structure and Bonding


Order


Description

1

Examine atomic structure, the nucleus, orbitals, and electron configuration.

2

Express valence bond theory.

3

Differentiate hybrid orbitals.

4

Express molecular orbital theory.

5

Examine chemical structures.

6

Evaluate polar covalent bonds and their electronegativity, dipole moments, formal charges, and resonance.

7

Differentiate acids and bases.

Organic structure: alkanes, cycloalkanes and their stereochemistry


Order


Description

1

Compare functional groups.

2

Classify alkanes, isomers, and groups.

3

Examine nomenclature of alkanes and cycloalkanes.

4

Compare properties of alkanes and cycloalkanes.

5

Evaluate Cis-Trans isomerism in cycloalkanes.

6

Examine stability and conformations of cycloalkanes.

7

Differentiate axial and equatorial bonds in cycloalkanes.

Overview of organic reactions


Order


Description

1

Compare types of reactions.

2

Differentiate mechanisms.

3

Predict reactions using equilibria, rates, energy changes, bond dissociation energies, energy diagrams, transition states, and intermediates.

Alkenes, alkanes, and conjugated compounds: their structure, reactivity, and synthesis


Order


Description

1

Evaluate degrees of unsaturation and name alkenes including Cis-Trans and E-Z designations. Name alkynes.

2

Examine stability of alkenes.

3

Evaluate electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes including orientation, Markovnikov's rule, carbocation structure and stability, Hammond postulate, and rearrangement.

4

Examine preparations of alkenes and alkynes by elimination.

5

Evaluate reactions of alkenes including adding halogens, hypohalous acids, oxymercuration, hydroboration, carbine addition, hydrogenation, epoxidation, hydroxylation, cleavage to carbonyls, and radical additions.

6

Evaluate reactions of alkynes including addition of halides, hydrogen halides and water, reductions; oxidative cleavage; alkyne acidity; and alkylation of acetylide ions.

7

Design organic synthesis.

8

Examine stability of conjugated dienes using Molecular Orbital Theory.

9

Evaluate electrophylic additions to conjugated dienes to differentiate between kinetic and thermodynamic control.

10

Examine the Diels-Alder reaction and its characteristics.

11

Examine natural and synthetic diene polymers.

Stereochemistry


Order


Description

1

Compare enantiomers at the tetrahedral carbon and examine chirality.

2

Evaluate optical activity including Pasteur's discovery of enantiomers and the sequence rules for specifying configuration.

3

Examine diastereomers, meso compounds, racemic mixtures, and the resolution of enantiomers.

4

Relate types of isomerism.

5

Examine reaction stereochemistry of addition of water to achiral and chiral alkenes.

6

Compare chirality at nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur.

7

Distinguish prochirality and analyze chirality in nature and chiral environments.

Organahalides and their reactions


Order


Description

1

Examine nomenclature of alkyl halides and examine their structures.

2

Evaluate preparation of alkyl halides from alkanes (radical halogenation), alkenes (allylic bromination), and alcohols.

3

Examine the stability of allylic radicals.

4

Examine reactions of alkyl halides including Grignard reagents, organometallic coupling reactions, and oxidation/reduction concepts of organic chemistry.

5

Examine the discovery of nucleophilic substitution reactions.

6

Differentiate Sn1 and Sn2 reactions and their characteristics. Examine biological substitution reactions.

7

Examine elimination reactions of alkyl halides using Zaitsev's rule.

8

Evaluate the deuterium isotope effect and cyclohexane conformation on the E2 reaction.

9

Examine the E1 and E1cB reactions.

10

Examine biological elimination reactions.