CHM2120/2520: Midterm 2: Alcohol Oxidation and Carbonyl Chemistry

CHM2120/2520: Midterm 2: Alcohol Oxidation and Carbonyl Chemistry

Tutoring Session Details
  • Learn a simplified mechanism for ALL alcohol oxidations
  • Understand the different reagents used for alcohol oxidations (PCC/PDC, Jones etc.)
  • Review reduction of carbonyls (with and without resonance)
  • How to assess the reactivity of a carbonyl as π-bond electrophile
  • Understanding anhydrides and their reactivity
  • Review of general carbonyl mechanisms from Organic I
  • Assessing the equilibrium stability between products and reactants for carbonyl reaction