CH320/328 M Topics
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Covalent Bonding and Shapes of Molecules
1.1 Electronic Structure of Atoms
1.2 Lewis Model of Bonding
How To Draw Lewis Structures From Condensed Structural Formulas
The Octet Rule
1.3 Functional Groups
1.4 Bond Angles and Shapes of Molecules
1.5 Polar and Nonpolar Molecules
1.6 Resonance
How To Draw Curved Arrows and Push Electrons
1.7 Quantum or Wave Mechanics
1.8 The Molecular Orbital and Valence Bond Theories of
Covalent Bonding
Know the ones presented in lectures
Know the organic examples: alkanes; alkenes; alkynes
Be able to classify both bonds & molecules as polar or nonpolar
Know how to interconvert structures by moving
pairs of e- and charges and double bonds
Wave function; orbitals & shapes of orbitals (definitions)
Hybridization-know all 3 types for C & the geometry & bond angles for
each
2 Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
2.1 The Structure of Alkanes
2.2 Constitutional Isomerism in Alkanes
2.3 Nomenclature of Alkanes
2.4 Cycloalkanes
2.5 The IUPAC System—A General System of Nomenclature
2.6 Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
2.7 Cis,Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes
How To Convert Planar Cyclohexanes to Chair Cyclohexanes
2.8 Physical Properties of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
2.9 Reactions of Alkanes
CnH2n+2 and sp3 hybridization
definition and how to draw them
Basic IUPAC system
CnH2n they are unsaturated
Know the rules & how to apply them
Butane conformers; chair, boat, twist-boat
definition and how to draw them
from 2D to 3D chairs
Nonpolar hydrocarbons; BP trends
oxidations of hydrocarbons
3 Stereoisomerism and Chirality
3.1 Stereoisomerism
3.2 Chirality—The Handedness of Molecules
How To Draw Chiral Molecules
3.3 Naming Chiral Centers—The R,S System
How To Assign R or S Configuration to a Chiral Center
3.4 Acyclic Molecules with Two or More Chiral Centers
3.5 Cyclic Molecules with Two or More Chiral centers
3.6 Properties of Stereoisomers
3.7 Optical Activity—How Chirality Is Detected in the laboratory
Concepts and principles and definitions you should know from General
Chemistry
Definition and how to recognize it
the concept & recognize chiral carbons
enantiomers
know rules of priority
diastereomers; how to recognize them
use in cycloalkane systems
physical properties
know concept & definitions
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