Organic Chemistry I

Chem 334 - Fall 2009

Chapter 1 Notes

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Bonding and Structure

Organic chemistry

Organic chemists

How to handle variety

What should you get out of organic chemistry?

A reaction example


The Periodic Table

Bonding - Lewis structures

Typical valence - neutral atoms in normal bonding patterns

Atom

Bonds

Lone Pairs

Charge

H

1

0

0

H+

0

0

+1

H-

0

1

-1

C

4

0

0

C+

3

0

+1

C.

3

1 e-

0

C-

3

1

-1

N

3

1

0

N+

4

0

+1

N-

2

2

-1

O

2

2

0

O-

1

3

-1

O+

3

1

+1

F

1

3

0

F-

0

4

-1

Writing organic structures

3-Dimensional structures


Visualizing chemical structures


methane: CH4

benzene: C6H6

penicillin:

Atomic orbitals

Bonding

Molecular geometry by VSEPR

Electronegativity

Polar covalent bonds

Polar bonds to carbon

Functional Groups

Resonance

Electron-pushing


Review of Acid-Base Reactions

Bronsted-Lowry Acid/Base

Acidity Constant (Ka)

usually simplified to
HA <==> H+ + A-

Acid Strength (pKa)

pH and pKa

Structural Effects on Acid Strength

Acid-Base Reactions

CH3COOH + OH- <==> CH3COO- + H2O
acid (pKa = 5) + base <==> base + acid (pKa = 15.7)
reaction favored for stronger acid

reaction favored to the right

Lewis Acids