Organic Chemistry as a Second Language
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CHAPTER 1 BOND-LINE DRAWINGS 1


1.1 How to Read Bond-Line Drawings 1


1.2 How to Draw Bond-Line Drawings 5


1.3 Mistakes to Avoid 7


1.4 More Exercises 7


1.5 Identifying Formal Charges 9


1.6 Finding Lone Pairs that are Not Drawn 13


CHAPTER 2 RESONANCE 18


2.1 What is Resonance? 18


2.2 Curved Arrows: The Tools for Drawing Resonance Structures 19


2.3 The Two Commandments 21


2.4 Drawing Good Arrows 24


2.5 Formal Charges in Resonance Structures 26


2.6 Drawing Resonance Structures—Step by Step 30


2.7 Drawing Resonance Structures—by Recognizing Patterns 34


2.8 Assessing the Relative Importance of Resonance Structures 43


CHAPTER 3 ACID–BASE REACTIONS 49


3.1 Factor 1—What Atom is the Charge On? 50


3.2 Factor 2—Resonance 53


3.3 Factor 3—Induction 56


3.4 Factor 4—Orbitals 59


3.5 Ranking the Four Factors 60


3.6 Other Factors 63


3.7 Quantitative Measurement (pKa Values) 64


3.8 Predicting the Position of Equilibrium 65


3.9 Showing a Mechanism 66


CHAPTER 4 GEOMETRY 69


4.1 Orbitals and Hybridization States 69


4.2 Geometry 72


4.3 Lone Pairs 76


CHAPTER 5 NOMENCLATURE 77


5.1 Functional Group 78


5.2 Unsaturation 80


5.3 Naming the Parent Chain 81


5.4 Naming Substituents 84


5.5 Stereoisomerism 88


5.6 Numbering 90


5.7 Common Names 95


5.8 Going from a Name to a Structure 96


CHAPTER 6 CONFORMATIONS 97


6.1 How to Draw a Newman Projection 98


6.2 Ranking the Stability of Newman Projections 102


6.3 Drawing Chair Conformations 105


6.4 Placing Groups On the Chair 108


6.5 Ring Flipping 112


6.6 Comparing the Stability of Chairs 119


6.7 Don’t Be Confused by the Nomenclature 122


CHAPTER 7 CONFIGURATIONS 123


7.1 Locating Stereocenters 123


7.2 Determining the Configuration of a Stereocenter 126


7.3 Nomenclature 134


7.4 Drawing Enantiomers 138


7.5 Diastereomers 143


7.6 Meso Compounds 144


7.7 Drawing Fischer Projections 147


7.8 Optical Activity 152


CHAPTER 8 MECHANISMS 154


8.1 Introduction to Mechanisms 154


8.2 Nucleophiles and Electrophiles 154


8.3 Basicity vs. Nucleophilicity 157


8.4 Arrow-Pushing Patterns for Ionic Mechanisms 159


8.5 Carbocation Rearrangements 164


8.6 Information Contained in a Mechanism 169


CHAPTER 9 SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS 173


9.1 The Mechanisms 173


9.2 Factor 1—The Electrophile (Substrate) 175


9.3 Factor 2—The Nucleophile 178


9.4 Factor 3—The Leaving Group 180


9.5 Factor 4—The Solvent 183


9.6 Using All Four Factors 185


9.7 Substitution Reactions Teach Us Some Important Lessons 186


CHAPTER 10 ELIMINATION REACTIONS 188


10.1 The E2 Mechanism 188


10.2 The Regiochemical Outcome of an E2 Reaction 189


10.3 The Stereochemical Outcome of an E2 Reaction 191


10.4 The E1 Mechanism 194


10.5 The Regiochemical Outcome of an E1 Reaction 195


10.6 The Stereochemical Outcome of an E1 Reaction 196


10.7 Substitution vs. Elimination 196


10.8 Determining the Function of the Reagent 197


10.9 Identifying the Mechanism(s) 199


10.10 Predicting the Products 202


CHAPTER 11 ADDITION REACTIONS 206


11.1 Terminology Describing Regiochemistry 206


11.2 Terminology Describing Stereochemistry 208


11.3 Adding H and H 216


11.4 Adding H and X, Markovnikov 219


11.5 Adding H and Br, Anti-Markovnikov 226


11.6 Adding H and OH, Markovnikov 230


11.7 Adding H and OH, Anti-Markovnikov 233


11.8 Synthesis Techniques 238


11.9 Adding Br and Br; Adding Br and OH 245


11.10 Adding OH and OH, anti 250


11.11 Adding OH and OH, syn 253


11.12 Oxidative Cleavage of an Alkene 255


Summary of Reactions 257


CHAPTER 12 ALKYNES 258


12.1 Structure and Properties of Alkynes 258


12.2 Preparation of Alkynes 261


12.3 Alkylation of Terminal Alkynes 262


12.4 Reduction of Alkynes 264


12.5 Hydration of Alkynes 268


12.6 Keto-Enol Tautomerization 273


12.7 Ozonolysis of Alkynes 279


CHAPTER 13 ALCOHOLS 280


13.1 Naming and Designating Alcohols 280


13.2 Predicting Solubility of Alcohols 281


13.3 Predicting Relative Acidity of Alcohols 283


13.4 Preparing Alcohols: A Review 286


13.5 Preparing Alcohols via Reduction 287


13.6 Preparing Alcohols via Grignard Reactions 294


13.7 Summary of Methods for Preparing Alcohols 298


13.8 Reactions of Alcohols: Substitution and Elimination 300


13.9 Reactions of Alcohols: Oxidation 303


13.10 Converting an Alcohol Into an Ether 305


CHAPTER 14 ETHERS AND EPOXIDES 308


14.1 Introduction to Ethers 308


14.2 Preparation of Ethers 310


14.3 Reactions of Ethers 313


14.4 Preparation of Epoxides 314


14.5 Ring-Opening Reactions of Epoxides 316


CHAPTER 15 SYNTHESIS 323


15.1 One-Step Syntheses 324


15.2 Multistep Syntheses 336


15.3 Retrosynthetic Analysis 337


15.4 Creating Your Own Problems 338


Answer Key 339


Index 371

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David Klein is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches Organic and General Chemistry. He is a dynamic and creative teacher and uses analogy to help students grasp difficult topics. Klein's unique informal voice and manner of presentation help students truly master key topics in this course. He is also the author of Organic Chemistry as a Second Language; response to this book has been phenomenal.

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