Organic Chemistry

Chemistry 141

Fall 2006

Alexander (Sandy) Wurthmann

Office: A109 Cook Physical Sciences

Lab: A231 Cook Physical Sciences

Tel. 656-8999

Alexander.Wurthmann@uvm.edu

Office Hours 11AM- 12Noon, M/W/F or by appt.

Welcome to Organic Chemistry.  The reactions and structures you learn throughout this semester are cumulative and will be applied to discussions later in the semester and into the spring.

Syllabus

            The problems assigned from the textbook included 1.1-1.3 and 1.5, 1.6 (these two problems related to resonance).  We have not covered resonance yet so these may have been challenging.  On Friday I assigned 1.7-1.9 and 1.11.

Assignment	Answers
.Problem-Set9606.pdf.	Problem-Set90606 answers
2005FChem 141 Fall exam1pdf.pdf	2005F Chem 141 Fall exam1answerspdf.pdf
2006F Chem 141 exam 1	2006F Chem 141answer key.
92006 Problem-set	92006 Problem-set answer-key
92706 Problem-set	92706 Problem-set answer-key
2005F Chem141 Fall Exam 2	2005F Chem141 Fall Exam 2 Part I answers 2005F Chem 141 Fall Exam 2 Part II answers
2006F Chem141 Fall Exam 2	2006F Chem141 Fall Exam 2 answers
101106 Problem-set	101106 Problem-set answers
101806 Problem-set	101806 Problem-set answers
103006 Problem-set	103006 Problem-set answers
2006F Chem 141 Fall Exam 3	2006F Chem 141 Fall Exam 3 answers
110806 Problem-set	110806 Problem-set answers
2005F Chem 141 Fall Exam 3	2005F Chem141 Fall Exam3 answers
2005F Chem 141 Final Exam	2005F Chem 141 Final Exam answers
2006F Chem 141 Exam 4	2006F Chem 141 Exam 4 answers
112906 Problem-set	112906 Problem-set answers
120606 Problem-set	120606 Problem-set answers

            This is another website that may prove useful.  You may have to copy and paste the address into your browser.  There are more tests and answer keys to work through.

http://www.uvm.edu/%7Emstrauss/chem141homepage.html

11/2/06

Here’s a useful table comparing conditions for deducing Elimination versus Substitution reactions. It might be helpful. It does assume you know the outcomes of each individual mechanism style (eg. S_N1 leads to a racemate, S_N2 leads to inversion etc..).