CH301C

Includes answers for ALL questions in exam paper

Includes 2019 January paper and answers

Pericyclic reactions. The material covered in this section includes (i) analysis of electrocyclic reactions, (ii) cycloaddition reactions and (iii) sigmatropic rearrangements by both a frontier orbital approach and by application of Woodward-Hoffmann rules.

Application of carbonyl group chemistry in organic synthesis: The material covered in this section includes (i) a-hydrogen acidity, (ii) acid and base promoted keto-enol tautomerism, (iii) a-enolate chemistry, including alkylation (iv) named reactions including Michael reaction, Aldol addition, Aldol condensation, Claisen condensation (v) ring-forming reactions including Dieckman condensation and Robinson annulations