The following are concepts that recur as common threads throughout organic chemistry. They are key to understanding a great deal of the course material. In each of the first ten chapters the ones that pertain to the material covered are listed on the first page. Beyond that, they should be readily recognizable in the subsequent material.
Chapter 19 | Reactions of Alkenes
Chapter 20 | Reactions of Alkynes
Chapter 21 | Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry
Chapter 22 | Nucleophilic addition to Carbonyles
Chapter 23 | Oxidation and Reduction
Chapter 24 | Radical Reactions
Chapter 25 | Synthetic and Biological Polymers
Chapter 26 | C=C and C=N Bond Forming Reactions
Chapter 27 | Aromatic Substitution Reactions
Chapter 28 | Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
Chapter 29 | Reactions at the Alpha Carbon of Carbonyls, Part 1
Chapter 30 | Reactions at the Alpha Carbon of Carbonyls, Part 2
Chapter 32 | Pericylic Reactions
Appendix 1 | Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
Appendix 2 | Elimination Reaction Mechanism
Appendix 3 | Mass Spectrometry and Infared Spectroscopy
Appendix 4 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy