1. Synthesizing Alcohols

    1. Acid Catalyzed Hydration of Alkenes
    2. Oxymercuration
    3. Hydroboration/Oxidation
    4. Osmylation-OsO4(Osmium Tetroxide)

  2. Alcohol Reactions

    1. Converting Alcohols into Halides
    2. SOCl2 with Non-nucleophilic Base
    3. PBr3
    4. Mesylates and Tosylates with Non-Nucleophilic Base
    5. Acid Catalyzed Dehydration of Alcohols
    6. Pinacol Rearrangements
    7. Oxidation of Alcohols with PCC and Jones(H2CrO4) Reagents
    8. Williamson Ether Synthesis
    9. Acid Catalyzed Cleavage of Ethers
    10. Protecting Alcohol Groups with TMS (Trimethylsilyl)

  3. Organometallics

    1. Grignard Reagent
    2. Gilman Reagent
    3. Simmon-Smith Cyclopropanation

  4. Ketone and Aldehyde (Carbonyl) Reactions

    1. Phosphonium Ylide Reactions
    2. Hemiacetals/Acetals/Cyclic Acetals (Oxygen Nucleophiles)
    3. Imines/Enamines (Nitrogen Nucleophiles)
    4. Wolf-Kishner Reduction

  5. Reducing Agents

    1. H2, Nickel (Ni) or Platinum (Pt)
    2. Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4)
    3. Rhodium
    4. NaBH3CN
    5. LiAlH4

  6. Carboxyllic Acid Derivatives

    1. Acid (Acyl) Chloride
    2. Acid Anhydrides
    3. Esters
    4. Amides
    5. Nitriles

  7. Enolate Reactions

    1. Keto-Enol Tautomerization
    2. Aldol
    3. Crossed Aldol
    4. Intramolecular Aldol
    5. Retrosynthesis (Aldol)
    6. Claissen
    7. Crossed Claissen
    8. Intramolecular Claissen
    9. Retrosynthesis (Claissen)
    10. Michael
    11. Retrosynthesis (Michael)
    12. Robinson Annulation
    13. Retrosynthesis (Robinson Annulation)

  8. Aromaticity

    1. Introduction to Aromaticity
    2. Aromatic vs. Antiaromatic vs. Nonaromatic
    3. Aromatic Cations and Anions

  9. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions with Benzene

    1. Halogenation
    2. Oxidation
    3. Friedel Crafts Alkylation
    4. Friedel Crafts Acylation
    5. Nitration
    6. Directing Groups
    7. Introduction to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
    8. Mechanism for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
    9. Sulfonation