CHM 2120/2520
Midterm & Final Exam Review Sessions.
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Fundamentals and
Organic I Review
Review Session Details
- The Review Session will mainly focus on problem solving from past midterms/assignments, the following topics will be covered:
- Atomic and molecular orbitals (this includes drawing bonding, non-bonding and antibonding orbitals)
- Resonance (including identifying major/minor structures and resonance hybrids)
- Drawing Chairs and Newman projections
- Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
- Acid-base chemistry (pKa and assessing conjugate bases)
- Review ALL Organic I reactions
- All students attending Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms.
CHM2120/2520: Problem Solving: Organic I Review
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- Get a better understanding of atomic and molecular orbitals (this includes drawing bonding, non-bonding and antibonding orbitals)
- Learn to draw resonance forms (and be able to identify major and minor structures)
- Comfortably switch between chairs, Newman projections, and line structures
- Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
- Learn to become an expert with acid-base chemistry by understanding pKa and how to assess the strength of a lone pair
- Many examples from midterms/exams administered at uOttawa!
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| Date | June 03, 2023 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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SN and E
Reactions
Review Session Details
- Drawing energy diagrams and transition states
- Relating energy diagrams to rate of reaction
- Carbocation properties and stability
- 1,2-shifts for carbocations
- Evaluating various leaving groups (L.G.)
- Making OH groups into L.G.
- SN1/E1 mechanism breakdown
- Drawing SN1 and E1 molecular orbitals
- SN1/E1 stereochemistry
- SN1/E1 and solvent effects on rate
- SN2 mechanism and stereochemistry
- Review how to make and react with epoxides
- Drawing and understanding molecular orbitals for SN2 reactions
- Projecting SN2 reaction in anti-periplanar (APP) reactive conformation
- Strong versus weak nucleophiles
- Solvent effects on rate
- Differentiating between reactions: E1/SN1 vs. SN2
- All students attending Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms.
CHM2120/2520: SN and E Reactions (Part 1)
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- Full understanding of how to use/draw energy diagrams and transition states
- Learn to differentiate between a base and a nucleophile
- Understand carbocations and when to do a 1,2-shift
- How to tell if you have a leaving group for SN and E reactions
- SN1 and E1 mechanism specifics
- Solvents and rates for SN1 and E1
- Many examples from midterms/exams administered at uOttawa!
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| Date | June 04, 2023 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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Elimination Reactions:
E1, E2 and E1cb
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms Package.
- Review 1,2-shift and ring expansion (for E1 reactions)
- Review E1 mechanism and major products
- Review E2 mechanism
- Identifying major products for E2 mechanism
- Differentiate between a Hoffman and Zaitsev products
- Understand when to do E1cb reactions
- Drawing Newman projections/chairs for reactive conformation of E2 reactions
- Transition states and energy diagrams for E1, E2 and E1cb reactions
- Protic and aprotic solvent and their impact on rates
CHM2120/CHM2520: Elimination Reactions: E2, E1 and E1cb
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IR and H NMR
Spectroscopy
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms Package.
- How to read and extract information from IR spectra
- Learn 1H NMR concepts such as chemical shift, equivalence, integration and multiplicity to common midterm questions
- How to distinguish molecules using 1H NMR
- Learn to draw 1H NMR spectra from organic molecules
- Learn a technique to putting fragments together for final compound identification for 1H NMR
- Practice questions on IR and 1H NMR from past midterms!
CHM2120/2520: IR and 1H NMR Spectroscopy
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Carbonyl
Chemistry
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms Package.
- π-bond electrophile properties: molecular orbitals and reactivity
- Assessing reactivity of π-bond electrophile
- Ranking leaving groups for carbonyls
- Lesson will help you draw electron pushing mechanism for π-bond electrophiles in basic and acidic conditions.
- This includes the following reactions: Gringard reactions, NaBH4/LiAlH4 reductions, cyanohydrides, saponification, transesterification, amide formation, imines, acetals, transesterification, hydrolysis and amide formations.
- Where does the equilibrium favour for carbonyl reactions
- Learn all that's needed regarding reductive amination
CHM2120/2520: Carbonyl Chemistry
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Enols, Enolates
and Enamines
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms Package.
- Assessing the acidity of α-hydrogen on carbonyls
- Tautomerization of enols/enolates under basic and acidic conditions
- Understanding kinetic vs. thermodynamic enolates/enamines
- Know when to do a enolate/enamine reactions instead of attacking the carbonyl
- Understanding how to use an enolate/enamine against various electrophiles (includes alpha-alkylation and alpha-halogenation)
- Halogenation in basic and acidic conditions for enolates/enols
- Reacting enolates/enamines with carbonyls (ex. Aldol reaction/condensation, Claisen reactions)
- E1cb Elimination in Aldol reactions (Dehydration products)
CHM2120/2520: Enols, Enolates and Enamines
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Midterm 1 and 2
Problem Solving
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms and Final Exams Package.
- Tutor will mainly focus on solving problems from problem sets, midterms and final exams.
- Tips and tricks will be shown to get to the major products with and without a mechanism.
- Acid-Base, pKa, equilibrium and resonance problems
- Sn1, Sn2, E1, E2 and E1cb problems
- Carbonyl chemistry problems involving: gringard reactions, NaBH4/LiAlH4 reductions, cyanohydrides, saponification, transesterification, amide formations, acid halide reactivity, anhydrides, imine formation, hemi-acetal/hemi-ketal, acetal/ketal formations, transesterification, hydrolysis and amide formations.
CHM2120/2520: Midterm 1 and 2 Problem Solving
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Synthesis and
Retrosynthesis
Review Session Details
- Each student will receive a Previous Midterms and Final Exams Package.
- Review of important Organic 1 reactions needed for synthesis and retrosynthesis
- Reagents for SN and E reactions in synthesis/retrosynthesis
- Learn to move an alkene group over an alkyl chain
- Switch between carbonyls during synthesis questions
- Making retrosynthesis simpler using "reaction scars" technique
- Exam-like retrosynthesis questions from simple to complex
- Very helpful tutorial for anyone that needs to learn which reagents to use to make final products from simple starting materials!
CHM2120/2520: Synthesis and Retrosynthesis
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