CHEM 2060 : Exam2 Study Guide 2 1
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Be able to do synthesis problems starting with an alkyne (5. 51 pg. Determine the number of chiral carbons in a compound (6. 20-6. 22 pg. Determine which structures are identical or mirror images (6. 23 pg. Be able to identify enantiomers, diastereomers and meso compounds (6. 3 pg. Be able to name stereocenters by assigning a chiral carbon r or s configuration using the cahn-ingold-prelog priority rules (6. 2 pg. Be able to draw structures given the name (7. 11-7. 12 pg. Be able to fill in the box for starting material, reagent or product for nucleophilic substitution reactions (7. 21, 7. 22, 7. 24, 7. 26, 7. 34-7. 35 pgs. Be able to identify methyl, primary, secondary, tertiary, benzylic, allylic, vinyl and phenyl halides. Know different nucleophilic substitution mechanisms (sn1 and sn2) such as what type of nucleophile is used and what type of products (stereochemistry) are obtained. Know general characteristics of sn1 and sn2 mechanisms such as sn2 goes through a.
