Exercises self study – 6M1X0
It is recommended to finish the exercises prior to the meeting, so you can use the session to ask the
supervisors for further explanation. The assignments are selected to cover all subject matter as fully
as possible.
If you really want Organic Chemistry to stick, the best way to study is to follow a strategy called
"distributed practice." That means that if you want to master a new concept, your best bet is to study
hard for a short period of time, take a break, and then have another go at it, spreading repeated bursts
of learning over a longer period of time. The additional exercises help you to follow this strategy.
Week 1:
Chapter 5/6 – Reaction mechanisms; curly arrows; alkenes
Intro/recap:
Problem 1-10 p 261 - 267
In Chapter:
Ch.5: 27, 28
Ch.6: 5, 16, 17, 35 - 37
End of Chapter:
Ch.5: 44, 45, 47
Ch.6: 58a,b,c,d,e,k, 60, 74, 77, 80, 83, 87, 98, 101
Chapter 14 - NMR Spectroscopy
In Chapter:
4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 31, 41, 43, 44
End of Chapter:
47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 59, 62, 64, 67, 70, 71, 74
Additional exercises:
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 19, 25, 29, 30, 38, 42, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66, 72, 73
Week 2:
Chapter 7 – Alkynes
In Chapter:
17 – 20, 22 - 27
End of Chapter:
38, 46, 54, 55, 60
Chapter 9 – Substitutions
In Chapter:
44, 45, 49, 58, 59, 64, 65
End of Chapter:
71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 81, 109
Chapter 9 – Eliminations
In Chapter:
33, 39, 41 – 43, 60 - 63
End of Chapter:
87, 101, 103, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118
Week 3:
Chapter 18 - Reactions of benzene
In Chapter:
5, 10, 11, 16, 17, 20, 23ab, 25, 26
End of Chapter:
46, 47, 48abcefg, 50, 51, 58, 60, 70
Additional exercises:
4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 13, 18, 21, 42, 43a-f, 45, 49, 54, 51, 55, 57adf, 59, 53, 62, 66, 69, 82
Chapter 8 - pKa
In Chapter:
20 – 23
Chapter 13 - UV/ Vis spectroscopy
In Chapter:
34-40
End of Chapter:
66, 70
Week 4:
Chapter 12 – Radicals
In Chapter:
1-5; 7-14
End of Chapter:
26, 27, 32, 35, 37, 44, 46, 38
Chapter 10 – Reactions of alcohols, amines, ethers and epoxides
In Chapter:
1, 4-19, 19,21
End of Chapter:
55-63, 68-75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 87
Additional exercises:
2, 20, 37, 51-53, 65, 66, 81, 88-97
Chapter 14 – Mass spectrometry; Infrared Spectroscopy
In Chapter:
MS: 1-18; IR: 19-33
End of Chapter:
MS: 41, 43, 50, 52, 53, 57. IR: 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 55, 56, 61, 62, 71
Week 5:
Chapter 10 – Reactions of alcohols, amines, ethers en epoxides
In Chapter:
24-33, 35-36, 38-39, 41-50
End of Chapter:
Finish 55-63, 67-75, 77-80, 83-87
Chapter 15 – Reactions of carboxylic acids
In Chapter:
1-14, 16, 17, 20, 31-36, 38-46 & 1, 2, 5 Chapter 25; (4 problems missing in the 8th edition)
End of Chapter:
48-60, 63, 66-68, 70, 71, 73-81, 84-86
Additional exercises:
29, 30, 47, 61, 65, 69, 72, 82, 87-92 & 3, 4 Chapter 25.
Week 6:
Chapter 15 – Reactions of carboxylic acids
In Chapter:
18, 21-23, 25-28, 31-36, 38-46 & 2, 5 Chapter 25; (2 problems missing in the 8th edition)
End of Chapter:
Finish 48-60, 63, 66-68, 70, 71, 73-81, 84-86
Chapter 16 – Reactions of aldehydes en ketones • More Reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives
In Chapter:
3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12.
End of Chapter:
54, 55, 57, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 78, 83, 92, 95, 97
Week 7:
Chapter 16 – Reactions of aldehydes and ketones • More Reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives
In Chapter:
20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40
End of Chapter:
Finish 54, 55, 57, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 78, 83, 92, 95, 97
Week 8:
No new subject matter; question time