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Advanced Organic Chemistry I, Physical Methods Luke A. Burke Department of Chemistry Rutgers University, Camden

Required Text: (Texts should be ordered on-line from Amazon.com) Adv Organic Chem, Part A, Carey & Sundberg, 4th ed., Plenum Recommended Text: Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry, by Audrey Miller and P. H. Solomon, Supplemental Texts:

Computational Chemistry, (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 29), Grant and Richards

Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Carrol

Stereoelectronic Effects (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 36), Kirby a cheap and effective primer

Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemistry, Lowry & Richardsonrather difficult and pricey

March's Advanced Organic Chemistry, recommended for its comprehensiveness and price

Pushing Electrons: A Guide for Students of Organic Chemistry, Daniel Weeks introductory level
On reserve in Library (dated but still useful texts): Electronic interpretation of organic chemistry, Menger   A guidebook to mechanism in organic chemistry, Peter Sykes  Physical and mechanistic organic chemistry, Jones  Weeks 1,4: Physical Properties and Theoretical Methods, Aromaticity
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Week 5: Stereochemical Principles, Configurations and Conformations, examples Week 6-7: Exam 1, Reaction Mechanisms, answers to exam 1 notes ch4 example from article   exp 1,  2  ,    Weeks 8,9: Nucleophilic Substitution, Nonclassical  Carbocations, Aromatic Substitutions notes ch5-7 Week 10: Addition and Elimination Reactions; Carbonyl Compounds Weeks 11: Exam 2,Example of Last year's Exam 2  , Concerted Reactions Week 12: Free-radical and photochemical reactions Week 13: Final

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