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Organic Chemistry Study Notes: Structure, Bonding, Acids/Bases, Functional Groups, and Stereochemistry

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Formal Charges

Acids and Bases

pKa

Acid Base Equilibrium

Ranking Acidity

Hybridization

Molecular Geometry

Electronegativity

Intermolecular Forces

Functional Groups

IUPAC Naming

Alkyl Groups

Skeletal Structure

Lewis Structure

Degrees of Unsaturation

Radical Reaction

Radical Stability

Radical Selectivity

Hammond Postulate

Constitutional Isomers

Constitutional Isomers vs. Stereoisomers

Chirality

Test 1:Plane of Symmetry

Test 2:Stereocenter Test

R and S Configuration

Enantiomers vs. Diastereomers

Meso Compound

Test 3:Disubstituted Cycloalkanes

What is the Relationship Between Isomers?

Fischer Projection

R and S of Fischer Projections

Optical Activity

Enantiomeric Excess

Calculations with Enantiomeric Percentages

Naming Alkyl Halides

Nucleophilic Substitution

Good Leaving Groups

SN2 Reaction

SN1 Reaction

Solvents

Leaving Groups

Nucleophiles and Basicity

Carbocation Stability

Carbocation Intermediate Rearrangements

Substitution Comparison

Naming Alkenes

Cis vs Trans

E2 Mechanism

Beta Hydrogen

E2 - Anti-Coplanar Requirement

E2 - Cumulative Practice

E1 Reaction

SN1 SN2 E1 E2 Chart (Big Daddy Flowchart)

Cumulative Substitution/Elimination

Alkene Stability

Zaitsev Rule

Dehydrohalogenation

Addition Reaction

Markovnikov

Hydrohalogenation

Anti Markovnikov Addition of Br

Acid-Catalyzed Hydration

Oxymercuration

Hydroboration

Hydrogenation

Halogenation

Halohydrin

Epoxidation

Epoxide Reactions

Dihydroxylation

Ozonolysis

Ozonolysis Full Mechanism

Oxidative Cleavage

Free Radical Polymerization

Alkene Metathesis

Double Elimination

NMR Spectroscopy

1H NMR:Number of Signals

1H NMR:Spin-Splitting (N + 1) Rule

NMR Integration

Carbon NMR