Course Level:
Second Year
Academic Year:
2026/2027
Please note: The following outline is subject to change - it may reflect a previous term's offering of the course, ie. last year (2025-2026). Please check again soon for any update - this note will not appear once the following outline has been updated / finalized.
Instructor: Dr. Jay Wickenden, jay.wickenden@ubc.ca
Course Outline (Subject to Change):
- General Concepts: hybridization, acid‐base equilibrium & resonance
- Structure & Bonding: Isomers, IUPAC nomenclature, functional groups, conformational analysis, cycloalkanes
- Stereochemistry
- Bimolecular mechanisms (SN2 & E2)
- Unimolecular mechanisms (SN1 & E1)
- Additions to alkenes/alkynes (Bromination, HBr addition, hydration, polymerization, reduction
- Electrophilic aromatic substitution
- Alkyl halides: Free Radical Reactions
- Reactions of Alcohols: oxidation/reduction, conversion to alkyl halides
- Aldehydes and Ketones: Hydration, acetal formation/hydrolysis, carbohydrates