Class Test Two Syllabus 2023 PDF

**Class Test Two Syllabus** A summary of key points from relevant lectures. **Optical rotation, complex stereoisomers** - Be able to recognise diastereomers and meso, assign R and S - Calculate optical purity **S~N~1/S~N~2 reactions** - Predict the mechanism based upon the substrate (e.g...

**Class Test Two Syllabus** A summary of key points from relevant lectures. **Optical rotation, complex stereoisomers** - Be able to recognise diastereomers and meso, assign R and S - Calculate optical purity **S~N~1/S~N~2 reactions** - Predict the mechanism based upon the substrate (e.g. 1^o^, 2^o^, 3^o^ alkyl halide). - Understand the impact of steric hinderance on S~N~2 mechanism. - Understand the impact of carbocation stability on S~N~1 mechanisms. - Understand the impact of the leaving group. - Be able to apply the rate laws for S~N~1 and S~N~2. - Be able to draw the mechanisms for S~N~1 and S~N~2. - Be able to draw the energy profile diagrams for S~N~1 and S~N~2. - Know the preferred solvents of S~N~1 and S~N~2. - Be able to draw mechanisms for S~N~1/ S~N~2 with water or alcohol as nucleophile to form an alcohol or ether. - Be able to draw mechanisms for S~N~1/ S~N~2 substitutions of alcohols and ethers under acidic conditions (e.g. with HCl). **Alkenes** - E/Z naming of alkenes **Elimination reactions** - Identify the major product from an elimination reaction given the reagents (no mechanism required). **Addition reactions** - Identify the major product from an addition reaction given the reagents (no mechanism required). **Alcohols and Esters** - Know the effect of oxidising agents and when they should be used. - Be able to predict the product of oxidation of 1^o^, 2^o^ or 3^o^ alcohol given the oxidising agent. - Be able to predict the ester given an alcohol and carboxylic acid or vice versa. - Be able to draw the esterification and hydrolysis mechanisms. **Cyclohexanes** - Naming of simple cyclohexanes. - Identify cis and trans. - Be able to draw the chair form and the ring inversion. - Identify the most stable and give reasons for your choice. **Carbohydrates** - Identify a carbohydrate and label as D or L and aldose or ketose. - Be able to draw the Haworth projections given the Fisher Projections of vice versa. - Be able to identify ring form as α or β. - Be able to draw the identify glucoside links. - Be able to identify a hemi-acetal and an acetal.