CHM2120/2520: SN and E Reactions (Part 1)

CHM2120/2520: SN and E Reactions (Part 1)

Review Session Details
  • Step by step guide for differentiating between E1/SN1 vs. SN2
  • Nucleophile strength, dead solvents and only base reagents
  • Carbocation properties and stability
  • 1,2-shifts and ring expansion for carbocations
  • Evaluating various leaving groups (L.G.)
  • Making OH groups into L.G.
  • SN1 mechanism and stereochemistry
  • SN2 mechanism and stereochemistry
  • Review how to make and react with epoxides
  • E2 mechanism and identifying major and minor products (Zaitsev vs. Hoffmann)
  • Review how to make and react with epoxides
  • Learn to draw transition states and energy diagrams
  • All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms.