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After this course, you are able to:
- distinguish several basic reaction types: elimination, substitution and addition reactions;
- produce reaction mechanisms of these reactions;
- predict products and reactants with the correct stereochemistry for these reactions;
- set-up, use and solve the rate laws of (straightforward) reactions and equilibria.
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In this course, we will discuss the basic organic chemistry based on substitution, elimination and addition reactions. The emphasis will be on recognition of the type of reaction, the mechanism, the stereochemical aspects and insight in parameters that influence the progress and rate of a reaction. In addition, we will pay attention to the fundamentals of reaction kinetics, such as the definition of reaction rates and order of reactions and concentration effects, and how these relate to the mechanism of the reaction. Our discussion includes the steady-state approximation and activation energies. |
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