• Reaction mechanisms:
• general reaction types (S_N1, S_N2, E1, E2, addition of HX and X₂ to alkene, halohydrin, etc.)
• radical reactions (X₂/hv, HX/H₂O₂, NBS/H₂O₂)
  
• acid-catalysed hydration/hydrocyanation of a carbonyl (pp. 741, 753)
• (base-catalysed hydration of a carbonyl)
• acetal formation (p. 756)
• Wittig reaction (p. 762)
• Gignard reaction (with carbonyls, esters, and epoxides) (pp. 739, 740, 468)
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• Sample Exam (final exam from Fall 2003)
• Solutions

• What else:
• all the reactions (see Reaction Table)
• nomenclature (These will be multiple choice.  You must know R/S and E/Z)
• general reaction forms, e.g., stereochemical consequences of S_N1, S_N2, E1, E2
• Spectroscopy, of course! - NMR, IR, MS, (and UV-vis)
• Table 13.4 and the top half of Table 13.5 are supplied (IR stretching frequencies)
• Tables 14.1 and 14.4 are supplied (¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR peak locations, respectively)
• a periodic table is supplied

•  Solution to the last two examples in class:
• the question labelled "*7" is C₆H₅-C(O)-CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃
• the question labelled "*6" is 1,4-Br-C₆H₄-OH (p-bromophenol)

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