Organic Chemistry Assignments Chapter 8: Week 13 (11/14-11/18)
Work Due by: Monday, November 21
Learning Goal: Be able to write mechanisms for substitution reactions, and to predict the effect of the nucleophile, leaving group, and solvent on the relative rates
of SN1 versus SN2 reactions.
Topic
Benchmarks
Listen or Read and take Notes
Practice Problems
Substitution and
Elimination Reactions
Know the difference
between a addition,
substitution and
elimination reaction.
Learn the mechanisms
for Sn1 and Sn2
reactions.
1). Finish the last of lecture #25 dated
11/09.
Bruice: Page 334, #1, 2, 3, 4
Notes
_______
Problems _______
Determine the factors
that make a good
nucleophile.
1). Listen to the first 29:15 minutes
lecture #26 dated 11/11
Bruice: Page 341, #5 – 9.
Notes ________
Problems_______
Bruice: Page 350, #15, 17,
18,19. Page 371, #36, 37 and 39.
Notes
_______
Problems _______
1). Listen to lecture #27 dated 11/13. You
may stop at 30:14. Do the rest of the
lecture on Friday (examples).
Bruice:
Notes
______
Problems ______
Finish Chapter 8
2). Read Section 8.6 and 8.7. Read section
8.8 (Friday).
Friday: Page 359, #25, 26 and
page 372, #40.
Help? Topic and
Question
Question #1
Question #2
Begin Chapter 8
Factors that Affect Sn2
Reactions
Other
Grade
2). Read the introduction of 8, section 8.1
and section 8.4
2). Read pp. 338-341
Factors that Affect Sn2
Reactions. Factors that
Affect Sn1 Reactions.
Determine what
makes a good leaving
group, a good solvent,
and the temperature
for a Sn2 reaction.
1). Finish listening to lecture #26 dated
11/11. (17:30 minutes)
2). Read pp. 341-343 and Section 8.5 and
8.9.
Determine the factors
that make a good
nucleophile, a good
leaving group, solvent,
and temperature for a
Sn1 reaction
Predicting the
substitution reaction
and
Predict whether a
Substitution Reaction
is Sn1 or Sn2.
Needed Sites for Others section: http://www.organicchemistryreview.com/Index.html
Thursday: Page 354, #20-24
Question #3