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
$40.00
- 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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SN and E
Reactions
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.
CHM2120/2520: SN and E Reactions (Prof. El-Nachef)
$40.00
- 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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Elimination Reactions:
E1, E2 and E1cb
Review Session Details
- Review E2 mechanism
- Guide on differentiating between E1cB and E2 reactions
- Learn to draw transition states and energy diagrams
- Review 1,2-shift and ring expansion (for E1 reactions)
- Differentiate between a Hoffman and Zaitsev products
- Drawing reactive conformation for E2 reactions (newman projections/chairs)
- Solving problems for E1, E2 and E1cb reactions
- Mechanism and solving for alcohol oxidations using various oxidizing agents (PCC and Jones reagents)
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!
CHM2120/CHM2520: E1, E2 and E1cb Reactions and Alcohol Oxidation
$40.00
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| Date | November 02, 2023 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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IR and H NMR
Spectroscopy
Review Session Details
- 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 with tutor on IR and H NMR in step by step!
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!
CHM2120/2520: IR and 1H NMR Spectroscopy
$40.00
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| Date | November 01, 2023 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session Buy |
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Carbonyl
Chemistry
Review Session Details
- Assessing π-bond electrophile reactivity (e.g., ketone, aldehyde versus ester)
- Ranking leaving groups for carbonyls
- Four general mechanism for π-bond electrophiles in basic and acidic conditions.
- The general mechanism above will cover 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
- Mechanism and what is reductive amination
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Midterm 2 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms!
CHM2120/2520: Carbonyl Chemistry
$40.00
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| Option | November 05, 2023 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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Enols, Enolates
and Enamines
Review Session Details
- Tautomerization of enols/enolates under basic and acidic conditions
- Assessing the acidity of α-hydrogen on carbonyls
- 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)
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Final Exam Package" containing past uOttawa Professor exams!
CHM2120/2520: Enols, Enolates and Enamines
$40.00
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| Date | December 03, 2023 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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Midterm 1 and 2
Problem Solving
Review Session Details
- The Review Session will mainly focus on solving problems from problem sets, midterms and final exams related to Midterm 1 and 2 material.
- Tips and tricks on how to get 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.
- Solving H NMR and IR questions as well!
CHM2120/2520: Midterm 1 and 2 Problem Solving
$40.00
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| Date | December 02, 2023 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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Synthesis and
Retrosynthesis
Review Session Details
- 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!
- All students that purchase this Review Session will receive "Final Exam Package" containing past uOttawa Professor exams!
CHM2120/2520: Synthesis and Retrosynthesis
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| Date | December 04, 2023 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Buy Recording of Session |
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