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The following sheets should be brought to lecture to simplify note taking. We will be handing out copies of the Weekly Lecture Handouts at the beginning of Lectures on Tuesdays of each week.

Complete catalog of mechanism sheets including a detailed explanation of mechanisms (this is a 45 page pdf)

Filled-In Mechanism Sheets up to 3rd Midterm

Filled in Mechanism Sheets for the Entire Semester Including Roadmaps

Weekly Lecture Handouts

Week 1 (August 23 and 25)

Week 2 (August 30 and September 1)

Week 3 (September 6 and 8)

Week 4 (September 13 and 15)

Week 5 (September 20 and 22)

Week 6 (September 27 and 29)

Week 7 and 8 (October 4, 6, 11 and 13)

Unsymmetrical Halonium Ion Handout Oct. 11

Week 9 and 10 (October 18, 20, 25 and 27)

Week 11 (November 1 and 3)

Week 12 (November 8 and 10)

Blank Roadmap for 3rd Midterm

Filled-in Roadmap for 3rd Midterm

Week 13 and 14 (November 15)

Week 14 (November 17, 29)

Week 15 (November 29 and December 1)

Blank Roadmap for the Entire Semester

Roadmap for the Entire Semester Partially Filled-in with all of the Reactions after the 3rd Semester

Summary of First Semester Reactions

The following are useful handouts that you will see during the semester, organized here for quick reference.

Individual mechanism blank sheets.

An explanation of mechanisms

H-X Addition to an Alkene

Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of an Alkene

Cation Rearrangement

Alkene Halogenation

Alkene Hydrohalogenation

Stereochemical Examples

Stereochemistry Handout 1

Stereochemistry Handout 2

Oxymercuration-Reduction (not used)

Hydroboration-Oxidation

Osmium Tetroxide

Ozonolysis

Hydrogenation

Terminal Alkyne Hydroboration

Na/Ammonia Alkyne Reduction

Alkane Free Radical Halogenation

Allylic Free Radical Halogenation

Non-Markovnikov Addition of HBr to Alkenes)

SN2 Mechanism

E2 Mechanism

SN1 / E1 Mechanism

Substitution vs Elimination Decision Map

Alcohols Reacting with HX

Alcohols Reacting with PBr3

Alcohol Dehydration

Chromic Acid Oxidation of Alcohols

Chromic Acid Oxidation of Alcohols Filled-in

Acid-Catalyzed Addition of an Alcohol to an Alkene

Epoxide Formation

Acid-catalyzed Epoxide Reaction

Base-promoted Epoxide Reaction

Chemistry in the Context of Complex Molecules A

Chemistry in the Context of Complex Molecules B

 

Other resources

Stepwise Lewis Structure Guide

Hybridization Handout

Alkane Nomenclature

How to Convert Flat Drawings to Chairs (Up is Up, Down is Down)

2 Chiral Centers

Chiral Drugs

L-Amino Acids and pKa

Alkene Nomenclature

Mechansim Flowchart

Blank Roadmap

I-35 Roadmap Template

BlankFullSemesterRoadmapTemplate

Partially Filled-in Full Semester Roadmap (Filled-in for all reactions after the 3rd Midterm)

Table of Nucleophiles/Bases and Substitution - Elimination Decision Map

TA Chris' SN2 Roadmap

NMR fundamentals you need to know

NMR fundamentals part 2

More NMR fundamentals

Summary of First Semester Reactions

Reaction Study Sheet

Office Hour Handout Blank

MRI Handouts

Final Exam Reference Tables

COVID information

Omicron Animation 

Office Hour Notes

Lecture Handout

AAF