Chem 336 - Spring 2002
Organic Chemistry III
Dr. Carl C. Wamser
know the terminology:
hydrophilic, hydrophobic
Fischer esterification
lactone
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
decarboxylation
describe the factors that lead to the acidity of carboxylic acids
identify the effects of substituents on acidity
describe solubility properties and separation methods based on acid-base properties
give complete names for multifunctional compounds, taking into account order of precedence
write products expected from typical reactions of carboxylic acids
select reagents and conditions appropriate for particular conversions
write the details of a complete Fischer esterification mechanism
identify unknown compounds based on spectroscopic data
create an appropriate synthetic sequence to prepare a given target molecule