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Organic Chemistry |
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Professor Carl C. Wamser |
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Chem 334 - Fall 2003 |
Chapter 3 Skills |
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Organic Chemistry |
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Professor Carl C. Wamser |
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Chem 334 - Fall 2003 |
Chapter 3 Skills |
know the terminology: eclipsed, staggered, gauche, anti, axial, equatorial
distinguish different types of isomers: constitutional, stereoisomers, conformers
distinguish different types of conformers: eclipsed, staggered, gauche, anti
recognize the causes of ring strain in small rings and the special stability of the six-membered ring
distinguish cis and trans isomers in cyclic compounds
recognize the conformational possibilities for cyclohexane
(the ring can flex and interconvert axial and equatorial positions)
recognize the reasons for greater stability of equatorial over axial substituents
write different conformations for a given molecule from various viewpoints
use Newman diagrams to view molecules from a particular angle
(down a C-C bond)
be able to write an accurate chair conformation for cyclohexane
be able to locate substituents on a chair cyclohexane
assign the relative energy of different conformers
use potential energy diagrams to correlate energy changes with structural changes
be able to write both possible chair conformations for a given substituted cyclohexane