Describe Reaction Mechanisms Using Curly Arrow Convention

CH4203 Further Organic and Biological Chemistry

Knowing

Question 1: Describe reaction mechanisms using curly arrow convention to predict and rationalise the outcome of organic reactions.

Question 2: Describe the general characteristics and reactivity of a range of saturated and unsaturated organic compounds including alkenes, carbonyls, aromatics and heteroaromatic compounds.

Question 3: Understand the fundamental principles by which a reaction can be stereoselective, and the energetic basis for stereoselectivity in a range of selective organic transformations.

Acting

Question 4: Apply fundamental principles of organic reactivity to predict and rationalise the outcome of organic chemical reactions.

Question 5: Use mechanistic reasoning based on known reaction pathways to deduce the likely mechanisms of unknown, but similar, reactions.

Question 6: Experimentally prepare, purify and identify a range of simple organic compounds.