Class syllabus for 2020 – all content
This is a very brief outline of the very important points in each lecture.
However if something is in a lecture even if it is not mentioned here it is still
examinable, this is just a guide to direct your learning.
Introduction to organic chemistry
• Revision of drawing a Lewis Structure, electronegativity series, what organic is.
• Be able to draw a skeletal structure
• Name a straight chain alkane
Functional group recognition
• Recognise a functional group
• Relate physical properties to structure (know the intermolecular forces)
• Predict solubility of compounds based on their structure (‘like dissolves like’)
• Rank molecules according to boiling point
• Know that all salts and molecules with H-bonding sites that are less than 4 carbons are water
soluble
Purification methods to underpin organic chemistry practicals
• Know what a stationary and mobile phase are
• Predict movement on a TLC plate based on polarity
• Understand why compounds move on a TLC plate (experiment 1)
• Name straight chain alkane, alkene and alkyne
• Be able to recognise an sp, sp2 or sp3 atom based on shape
Newman Projections
• Draw Newman projections, identify staggered vs eclipsed forms
• Understand steric strain (larger groups have electron repulsion this causes steric strain).
Naming alkyl halides and alcohols
• Be able to name alkyl halide and alcohol
• Physical properties of alkanes, alcohols
• Be able to name branched chain structures
• Be able to classify carbons, alkyl halides and alcohols as 1o, 2o, 3o (or 4o tetrahedral carbons
only)
More complex naming and functional group recognition
• Be able to name and recognise an ethers, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amide
and amines
• Physical properties of alcohols, carboxylic acid and amides
• Recognise and classify 1o, 2o, 3o and 4o amines
• Recognise the sulphur and phosphate containing functional groups
Purification based on solubility of acids and bases
• Define acid + base using Bronsted-Lowry theory
• Know in which form a carboxylic acid or amine will be water soluble and how to make them
water soluble
• Know and describe how to purify a compound using liquid-liquid extraction.
This is a very brief outline of the very important points in each lecture.
However if something is in a lecture even if it is not mentioned here it is still
examinable, this is just a guide to direct your learning.
Introduction to organic chemistry
• Revision of drawing a Lewis Structure, electronegativity series, what organic is.
• Be able to draw a skeletal structure
• Name a straight chain alkane
Functional group recognition
• Recognise a functional group
• Relate physical properties to structure (know the intermolecular forces)
• Predict solubility of compounds based on their structure (‘like dissolves like’)
• Rank molecules according to boiling point
• Know that all salts and molecules with H-bonding sites that are less than 4 carbons are water
soluble
Purification methods to underpin organic chemistry practicals
• Know what a stationary and mobile phase are
• Predict movement on a TLC plate based on polarity
• Understand why compounds move on a TLC plate (experiment 1)
• Name straight chain alkane, alkene and alkyne
• Be able to recognise an sp, sp2 or sp3 atom based on shape
Newman Projections
• Draw Newman projections, identify staggered vs eclipsed forms
• Understand steric strain (larger groups have electron repulsion this causes steric strain).
Naming alkyl halides and alcohols
• Be able to name alkyl halide and alcohol
• Physical properties of alkanes, alcohols
• Be able to name branched chain structures
• Be able to classify carbons, alkyl halides and alcohols as 1o, 2o, 3o (or 4o tetrahedral carbons
only)
More complex naming and functional group recognition
• Be able to name and recognise an ethers, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amide
and amines
• Physical properties of alcohols, carboxylic acid and amides
• Recognise and classify 1o, 2o, 3o and 4o amines
• Recognise the sulphur and phosphate containing functional groups
Purification based on solubility of acids and bases
• Define acid + base using Bronsted-Lowry theory
• Know in which form a carboxylic acid or amine will be water soluble and how to make them
water soluble
• Know and describe how to purify a compound using liquid-liquid extraction.
