B.SC 1st Year Syll

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Basics of Organic Chemistry Organic Compounds: Classification, and

Nomenclature, Hybridization, Shapes of molecules, Influence of hybridization on


bond properties. Electronic Displacements: Inductive, electromeric, resonance
and mesomeric effects, hyperconjugation and their applications; Dipole moment;
Organic acids and bases; their relative strength. Homolytic and Heterolytic fission
with suitable examples. Curly arrow rules, formal charges; Electrophiles and
Nucleophiles; Nucleophlicity and basicity; Types, shape and their relative stability
of Carbocations, Carbanions, Free radicals and Carbenes. Introduction to types of
organic reactions and their mechanism: Addition, Elimination and Substitution
reactions. (6 Lectures) Stereochemistry: Fischer Projection, Newmann and
Sawhorse Projection formulae and their interconversions; Geometrical isomerism:
cistrans and, syn-anti isomerism E/Z notations with C.I.P rules. Optical
Isomerism: Optical Activity, Specific Rotation, Chirality/Asymmetry, Enantiomers,
Molecules with two or more chiral-centres, Distereoisomers, meso structures,
Racemic mixture and resolution. Relative and absolute configuration: D/L and R/S
designations. (18 Lectures) Chemistry of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons A. Carbon-
Carbon sigma bonds Chemistry of alkanes: Formation of alkanes, Wurtz Reaction,
Wurtz-Fittig Reactions, Free radical substitutions: Halogenation -relative reactivity
and selectivity.

B. Carbon-Carbon pi bonds: Formation of alkenes and alkynes by elimination


reactions, Mechanism of E1, E2, E1cb reactions. Saytzeff and Hofmann
eliminations. Reactions of alkenes: Electrophilic additions their mechanisms
(Markownikoff/ Anti Markownikoff addition), mechanism of oxymercuration-
demercuration, hydroborationoxidation, ozonolysis, reduction (catalytic and
chemical), syn and anti-hydroxylation (oxidation). 1,2-and 1,4-addition reactions
in conjugated dienes and, Diels-Alder reaction; Allylic and benzylic bromination
and mechanism, e.g. propene, 1-butene, toluene, ethyl benzene. 15 Reactions of
alkynes: Acidity, Electrophilic and Nucleophilic additions. Hydration to form
carbonyl compounds, Alkylation of terminal alkynes. C. Cycloalkanes and
Conformational Analysis Types of cycloalkanes and their relative stability, Baeyer
strain theory, Conformation analysis of alkanes: Relative stability: Energy
diagrams of cyclohexane: Chair, Boat and Twist boat forms; Relative stability with
energy diagrams. (24 Lectures)

Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Aromaticity: Hckels rule, aromatic character of arenes, cyclic


carbocations/carbanions and heterocyclic compounds with suitable examples.
Electrophilic aromatic substitution: halogenation, nitration, sulphonation and
Friedel-Crafts alkylation/acylation with their mechanism. Directing effects of the
groups.

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