Organic Chemistry I Study Guides

As requested, here are some organic chemistry notes from a basic organic chemistry class that I took in spring 2011. The order of these notes are not the order in which they were learned so the information may be from earlier in the year or may be more advanced. The majority of these are mechanisms. Enjoy.

Substitution of Alkyl Sulfonates

SN2 Mechanism

SN1 Mechanism

Rearrangement of Alcohol Dehydration: Methyl Shifts 

Rearrangement of Alcohol Dehydration: Hydride Shift

Reactions of Arenes

Preparations of Alkenyl Benzenes

Preparation of Alkynes

Physical Properties

Ozonolysis of Alkenes

Other Mechanisms for Alcohol to Halogen

Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination

Nucleophilic Reactions: Solvents, Substrates, and Nucleophiles

Important Rules of Addition and Other Mechanisms and Stereochemistry Terms I

Important Rules of Addition and Other Mechanisms and Stereochemistry Terms II

Hydrogenation of Alkynes

Hydrogenation of Alkenes

Hydroboration-Oxidation of Alkenes

Halogenation of Alkanes Mechanism

Functional Groups

Free-Radical Addition of Hydrogen Bromide

Epoxidation of Alkenes

Energy Differences

Electrophilic Addition of Halogens

E2 Mechanism: Alcohol Dehydration

E1 Mechanism: Alcohol Dehydration

Dienes and Their Reactions

Diels-Alder Reaction

Dehydrohalogenation E1/E2

Conformations of Butane

Confirmations of Disubstituent Cyclohexane

Common Names of Aromatic Compounds

Aromatic Compounds

Allylic Reactions

Alkenes to Vicinal Halohydrin

Alcohol Preparation

Addition Reactions and Ozonolysis of Alkynes

Addition of Sulfuric Acid and Hydration of Alkenes

Addition of Halogens to Alkenes with Dihalides

Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of Alkenes