CHEMISTRY 2320 – ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2

Preliminary Schedule, Class Topics & (partial) Lecture Notes

Week of January 7:
Introduction/Name Reactions
Enamines
Week of January 14:
Enolates & Aldol I
Aldol II
Week of January 21:
Allylations & Crotylations
Week of January 28:
Organometallics
Exam I
Week of February 4:
Organocopper Chemistry
Palladium I
Week of February 11:
Palladium II
Rhodium
Week of February 18:
Eliminations & Fragmentations
Wittig Reaction
Week of February 25:
Alkene Metathesis
Pericyclic Reactions
Week of March 3:
Radicals & Carbenes
Hydroboration
Week of March 17:
Epoxides
Exam II
Week of March 24:
Aziridines
Oxidations
Week of March 31:
Reductions I
Reductions II
Week of April 7:
Heterocyclic Chemistry I
Retrosynthetic Analysis I
Week of April 14:
Retrosynthetic Analysis II
Week of April 21:
Total Synthesis of Natural Products II

Final Exam on 4/23 from 6:00-8:00 PM