Organic Chemistry II Course Outline
Organic Chemistry II Course Outline
Synopsis: This course designed to make students aware of organic reactions in detail and depth. It
will elaborate chemistry of aromatic, amine, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acid, and oxidation–
reduction reactions. In addition, biological molecules such as carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides,
lipid, and nucleic acids are introduced to address basic concepts about natural product chemistry.
Course Contents
Chapter 1: The Chemistry of Aromatic Compounds
1.1 Aromaticity 1.2 Properties of Benzene and its Derivatives
1.3 Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds
1.4 Aromatic Substitution Reactions & their Mechanism:
1.4.1 Halogenation 1.4.2 Nitration 1.4.3 Alkylation 1.4.4 Acylation 1.4.5 Sulphonation
1.4.6 Directing Effects of Substituents
1.4.7 Examples of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Rxns
1.4.8 Representative Rxns of (pyrrole, furane, thiophen and pyridine)
1.5 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions
1.5.1 Reactions of Aryl halides
1.5.2 Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Rxns
1.6 Reactions of Aromatic Side Chains
1.6.1 Oxidation & Substitution of Alkyl Side Chains
1.6.2 Reduction of Nitro Groups & Aryl Ketones
1.6.3 Conversion of Halogens to Organometallic Reagents
1.6.4 Hydrolysis and Fusion of Sulphonic Acids
1.6.5 Modifying the Influence of Strong Activating Groups
1.6.6 Diazotization of Primary Aromatic Amines & their Usefulness in Synthesis of Aromatic
Derivatives
Chapter 2: Amines
2.1 Nomenclature & Structure 2.2 Properties of Amines: Physical and chemical
2.3 Basicity of Nitrogen Compounds 2.4 Acidity of Nitrogen Compounds
2.5 Reactions of Amines 2.6 Electrophilic Substitution at Nitrogen
0 0 0
2.7 Preparation of 1 , 2 & 3 Amines 2.8 Reactions with Nitrous Acid
2.9 Reactions of Aryl Diazonium Intermediates 2.10 Elimination Reactions of Amines
Chapter 3: Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds
3.1 Addition Reactions
3.1.1 Hydrates 3.1.2 Hemiacetals 3.1.3 Cyanohydrins 3.1.4 Carbinolamines
3.1.5 Addition of Grignard Reagents 3.1.6 Addition of Hydrogen
3.1.7 Hydride Additions (lithium aluminum hydride and sodium borohydride)
3.2 Addition Elimination Reactions
3.2.1 Imines and related compounds 3.2.2 Wittig reaction 3.2.3 Acetals
3.2.4 Ester hydrolysis and formation 3.2.5 Reactions of acid chlorides
3.2.6 Reactions of acid anhydrides 3.2.7 Reactions of amides
3.2.8 Reductions of acid derivatives
3.3 Enolization-Ketonization reactions
3.3.1 Haloform Reaction of Methyl Ketones 3.3.2 Alkylations at the α-Carbon
3.3.3 Aldol and Related Condensation reactions