Wills Organic Chemistry 1 Notes

This book is part 1 of a two-part series covering undergraduate-level organic chemistry. If you’re enrolled in an organic chemistry course and need help understanding the concepts, this two-part series will help you with your goal. If you’re planning on enrolling in an organic chemistry course and would like to get a head start, this book is made for you. This series was written in such a way that it remains as detailed as a traditional textbook but looks and reads like detailed class notes. Everything is hand-drawn and written. Throughout the book there are detailed explanations walking the reader through the reasoning of every statement, reaction, mechanism, etc. The goal is to assist you in understanding the concepts instead of memorizing. This text is divided into 29 lectures. Lecture 1: Introduction to Ochem Lecture 2: Atomic and Molecular Orbitals Lecture 3: Orbital Hybridization Lecture 4: Drawing Organic Molecules Lecture 5: Acids and Bases Lecture 6: Functional Groups Lecture 7: Alkane Nomenclature Lecture 8: Physical Properties of Alkanes Lecture 9: Bond Rotation Lecture 10: Alkane Reactions Lecture 11: Alkane Reactions Continued Lecture 12: Cycloalkane Stability Lecture 13: Stereochemistry Lecture 14: Bimolecular Substitution, SN2 Lecture 15: SN1 & E1 Lecture 16: Bimolecular Elimination, E2 Lecture 17: Physical Properties of Alcohols and Ethers Lecture 18: Acidity & Basicity of Alcohols Lecture 19: Reactions of Alcohols Lecture 20: Organometallics Lecture 21: Reactions of Alcohols with Strong Acid Lecture 22: Ether Synthesis Lecture 23: Reactions of Ethers and Cyclic Ethers Lecture 24: Introduction to Alkenes Lecture 25-27: Reactions of Alkenes Lecture 28: Introduction to Alkynes Lecture 29: Reactions of Alkynes