Course Level:
Second Year
Academic Year:
2009/2010
Textbook:
The required text for CHEM 233 is Organic Chemistry, Fifth Edition, by Paula Y. Bruice. You may purchase this text used or the custom printing of the entire textbook at the UBC bookstore when it becomes available.
Other suggested materials are Organic Chemistry: Study Guide and Solutions Manual, Fifth Edition, by Paula Y. Bruice.
The following textbook sections are divided into two sections. We will spend the first few classes reviewing concepts from first year chemistry that are important for CHEM 233.
| Topic | Textbook chapter | Textbook sections |
| Pre-requisite concepts. These sections are review, and you should use your best judgement to decide how many problems you should solve to adequately review these topics. | 1 | 1-18, 22, 24-26 |
| 2 | 1-14 | |
| 3 | 2-5 | |
| 5 | 1-9, 11-14, 16, 17, 20, 21 | |
| 6 | 1-4 | |
| 7 | 3, 4 | |
| 8 | 1-12 | |
| 10 | 1, 6, 7, 10, 11 | |
| Chemistry fundamentals. These concepts are mostly review, but more emphasis will be placed on these concepts in the first few classes due to their importance in CHEM 233. | 1 | 10, 18-23, 26 |
| 3 | 1, 6-8 | |
| 5 | 14, 18 | |
| 7 | 5-7, 9 | |
| 15 | 2, 4 | |
| Alkenes/Alkynes. Reactions of C-C pi bonds. | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1-5, 7, 11, 12 | |
| 5 | part of 19 | |
| 6 | 5-7, 9-12 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
| Aromaticity | 7 | 1, 2, 8 |
| 14 | 1-5 | |
| Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution. Carboxylic acids & derivatives. | 16 | 1-17, 21-23 |
| Reactions of aldehydes and ketones. Addition reactions. | 17 | 1-6, 8, 9-10, 11, 15 |
| Oxidation/Reduction. | 10 | 5 |
| 19 | 1-3 | |
| Reactions at the a-carbon. Enolates as nucleophiles. | 18 | 1-4, 8, 9, 12-17, 19-21 |
| Carbohydrates. Polyhydroxyl aldehydes and ketones. | 21 | 1-6, 10**, 11-13, 15-17 |