Organic Chemistry 51C (UCI)

Acid-Catalyzed Formation of Hydrates, Hemiacetals, and Acetals from Aldehydes and Ketones

Addition of Water, Alcohol & Cyanide

Aldehydes & Ketones: Nucleophilic Substitution

Aldehydes and Ketones: Reactions with Basic Nucleophiles and Acid-Catalyzed Reactions with Weakly Basic Nucleophiles

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Chemistry of the Carboxylic Acid Family. Reactions of Acid Chlorides and Anhydrides

Enols and Enolates

Formation of Imines and Enamines from Aldehydes and Ketones

Introduction to Amines – Properties and Synthesis

Introduction to Carbohydrates: Structure and Stereochemistry

Introduction to Carboxylic Acids

More Reactions of Enols and Enolates

Organometallic Reactions in Organic Synthesis.

Reaction of Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amides and Nitriles

Reactions of Amines: Hofmann Degradation, Diazotization, and Reactions of Aryl Diazonium Salts

Reactions of Organometallic Reagents with Carbonyl Compounds and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives with Hydride and Organometallic Reagents

Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds, Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones with Hydride Nucleophiles

Selective Reactions and Protecting Groups in the Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds and Organometallic Reagents

Structure and Stereochemistry of Carbohydrates (continued) and Reactions of Carbohydrates

The Aldol Reaction and the Michael Reaction

The Robinson Annulation and the Claisen Reaction

Wittig Reaction