What is Organic Chemistry?
Hybridization
Molecular Geometry
Formal Charges
Resonance Structures
Acid and Base Definitions
pKa Values
Factors Affecting Acidity
Reaction Mechanism
Introduction to Substitution
The SN2 Mechanism
The SN1 Mechanism
Carbocation Intermediates – Stability
Carbocation Intermediate – Rearrangements
E2 Mechanism
The E1 Mechanism
Solvents
Leaving Groups
Nucleophiles and Basicity
SN1 SN2 E1 E2 Chart (Big Daddy Flowchart)
Stability of Alkenes
Elimination and Zaitsev's Rule
Dehydrohalogenation
Alcohol Nomenclature
Intro to Redox
Alkane Halogenation
Radical Initiators
Radical Stability
Radical Chain Reaction
Radical Selectivity
Allylic Halogenation
Radical Hydrohalogenation
Introduction to Conjugation
Stability of Conjugated Intermediates
Diels-Alder Reaction - General Features
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – General Mechanism
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – Reactions
Generating Electrophiles – EAS Halogenation
Generating Electrophiles – EAS Nitration
Generating Electrophiles – Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
Generating Electrophiles – Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Generating Electrophiles – Any Carbocation
EAS – Monosubstituted Benzene
EAS-o, p-Major Products
Limitations of Friedel-Crafts Alkyation
Advantages of Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Side-Chain Halogenation
Side-Chain Oxidation
Reactions at Benzylic Positions
SNAr Addition-Elimination Mechanism
Oxidation of Phenols to Quinones
Cleavage of Phenyl Ethers
Reactions of Pyrrole, Furan, and Thiophene
Directing Effects in Substituted Pyrroles, Furans, and Thiophenes
Addition Reactions of Furan
EAS Reactions of Pyridine
SNAr Reactions of Pyridine
Side-Chain Reactions of Substituted Pyridines