BONDING AND REACTION
MECHANISMS IN ORGANIC
MOLECULES
Course Code: - SCH 133
Notes 1
Introduction to organic molecules; Alk
Halides, Alcohols, Ethers, and Amines.
Second Semester
2024/2025 academic
year
Lecturer: - Mr. Onjero Isaiah
, Course content
• Carbon atom and its position in the periodic table
• Introduction to organic molecules: hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, ethers, alc
and amines
• Bonding in organic molecules: Lewis Concept, electronegative
electropositive elements, Covalent bond, tetrahedral structure of ca
(sp3, sp2, sp hybrid bonds), catenation
• Chemistry of:- hydrocabons, alkyl halides, ethers, alcohols and am
(nomenclature, uses, structure, structural isomerism
• General mechanisms of organic reactions with simple examples
i. Nucleophilic substitution on a saturated C atom (SN2 and SN1)
ii. Elimination reactions (E2 and Ε1)
iii. Addition reactions on C-C multiple bonds
, DR. R.N. BWIRE