AUCHE 252 - Organic Chemistry II
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- 2: 1H NMR
- In Chapter 12, you learned how an organic chemist could use two spectroscopic techniques, mass spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy, to assist in determining the structure of an unknown compound. This chapter introduces a third technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The two most common forms of NMR spectroscopy, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR, will be discussed, the former in much more detail than the latter.
- 3: Alcohols and Ethers
- In this unit, we examine the chemistry of the alcohol family of compounds. Alcohols can undergo a wide variety of reactions, and because of this reactivity and because they can be prepared in a number of different ways, alcohols occupy an important position in organic chemistry. The discussion begins with an outline of the nomenclature of alcohols and phenols. We review the physical properties of these compounds, and discuss methods used to obtain the lower members on an industrial scale.
- 5: Aldehydes and Ketones
- Alpha-substitution reactions are the third major type of reaction that you will study in your investigation of the chemistry of carbonyl compounds. As you will see, these reactions proceed through the formation of the enol form of the carbonyl compound. After a brief review of keto-enol tautomerism, we begin our discussion of alpha-substitution reactions by looking at the methods used to introduce a halogen atom into a carbonyl-containing compound—reactions.
- 6: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
- The compounds discussed in this chapter are all considered to be derived from carboxylic acids, and include acid halides, acid anhydrides, esters and amides (thioesters and acyl phosphates are also briefly mentioned). As you proceed through the chapter, you should be looking for similarities in behaviour among the various classes of compounds.
