CHEMISTRY -C VII: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-III

Credits: Theory-04, Practicals-02)

Theory: 60 Lectures

A: Carbonyl and Related Compounds-I (15 Lectures) (14 marks)

Addition to C=O: structure, reactivity and preparation of carbonyl compounds; mechanism

(with evidence), reactivity, equilibrium and kinetic control; Burgi-Dunitz trajectory in
nucleophilic additions; formation of hydrates, cyano hydrins and bisulphite adduct;
nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions with alcohols, thiols and nitrogen- based
nucleophiles; reactions: benzoin condensation, Cannizzaro and Tischenko reactions, benzil-
benzilic acid rearrangement, reactions with ylides: Wittig and Corey-Chaykovsky reaction;
Meyer-Schuster and Rupe rearrangement, oxidations and reductions: Clemmensen, Wolff-
Kishner, LiAlH4, NaBH4, MPV, Oppenauer, Bouveault-Blanc, Acyloin condensation;
Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
Exploitation of acidity of α-H of C=O: formation of enols and enolates; kinetic and
thermodynamic enolates; reactions (mechanism with evidence): halogenation of carbonyl
compounds under acidic and basic conditions, Favorskii rearrangement, Hell-Volhard-
Zelinsky (H. V. Z.) reaction, nitrosation, SeO2 (Riley) oxidation;
Condensations (mechanism with evidence): Aldol, Tollens’, Claisen-Schmidt reaction

B: Tautomerism & Organometallics: (15 Lectures, 12 marks)

Tautomerism: prototropy (keto-enol, nitro - aci-nitro, nitroso-oximino, diazo-amino and

enamine-imine systems); valence tautomerism and ring-chain tautomerism; composition of
the equilibrium in different systems (simple carbonyl; 1,2- and 1,3-dicarbonyl systems,
phenols and related systems), factors affecting keto-enol tautomerism; application of
thermodynamic principles in tautomeric equilibria.

Organometallics: Grignard reagent; Organolithiums; Gilman cuprates: preparation and

reactions (mechanism with evidence); addition of Grignard and organolithium to carbonyl
compounds; substitution on -COX; directed ortho metalation of arenes using organolithiums,
conjugate addition by Gilman cuprates; Corey-House synthesis; abnormal behavior of
Grignard reagents; comparison of reactivity among Grignard, organolithiums and
organocopper reagents; Reformatsky reaction; Blaise reaction; concept of umpolung and
base-nucleophile dichotomy in case of organometallic reagents.

C: Organic Spectroscopy (15 Lectures, 12marks)

NMR Spectroscopy: introduction; nuclear spin; NMR active molecules; basic principles of
Proton Magnetic Resonance; equivalent and non-equivalent protons; chemical shift and
factors influencing it; ring current effect; significance of the terms: up-/downfield, shielded
and deshielded protons; spin coupling and coupling constant (1st order spectra); relative
intensities of first-order multiplets: Pascal’s triangle; chemical and magnetic equivalence in
NMR ; elementary idea about non-first-order splitting; anisotropic effects in alkene, alkyne,
aldehydes and aromatics; NMR peak area, integration; relative peak positions with coupling
patterns of common organic compounds (both aliphatic and benzenoid-aromatic); rapid
proton exchange; interpretation of NMR spectra of simple compounds.
Applications of IR, UV and NMR spectroscopy for identification of simple organic
molecules.
Mass Spectroscopy: Basic principle of mass spectroscopy, McLafferty rearrangement,
metastable peak, General fragmentation mode, Retro Diels Alder reaction, determination of
the presence of halogen.

D: Alcohol, Phenols, ethers and epoxides (15 Lectures, 12marks)

Alcohol, ethers and epoxides: synthesis and reactivity including Wagner-Meerwein
rearrangement, pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement, Thiol, Thioether. Oxidation of alcohols
with PDC and PCC; periodic acid and lead tetraacetate oxidation of 1,2-diols.
Phenols: ambident nucleophile: C-substitution versus O-substitution, reaction of phenols:
Reimer-Tiemann reaction, Kolbe’s reaction, Manasse reaction, alkylation, acetylation, Fries
rearrangement, Claisen rearrangement, dienone-phenol rearrangement, nitration,
sulphonation, halogenation, oxidation (aerial), oxidative coupling by Fe3+, Dakin reaction,
Cumene-phenol rearrangement.