Details of CH2105 (Autumn 2025)
| Level: 2 | Type: Theory | Credits: 2.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| CH2105 | Basic Organic Chemistry I | Pradip Kumar Tarafdar, Subhajit Bandyopadhyay |
| Syllabus |
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| 1. Concept of stability: resonance, hyperconjugation, inductive effects; stability of reactive intermediates: carbocations (including non-classical carbocations), carbanions and
radicals; concept of aromaticity: structural, electronic and energy criteria for aromaticity, Huckels rule, antiaromaticity. 2. Acidity, basicity and pK a 3. Substitution Reactions: Nucleophilic reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds: S N 1, S N 2 (Walden inversion, basic stereochemistry), S N i, S N Ar 4. Elimination reactions: E1, E2, E1cb, Zaytseff and Hoffmann |
| References |
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| References:
1. Peter Sykes; A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry 2. L. G. Wade, Jr.; Organic Chemistry. 5th ed. 3. Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves, and Stuart Warren; Organic Chemistry 4. Michael B. Smith, Jerry March; Marchs Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure |
Course Credit Options
| Sl. No. | Programme | Semester No | Course Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IP | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 2 | IP | 3 | Not Allowed |
| 3 | MP | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 4 | MP | 3 | Not Allowed |
| 5 | MR | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 6 | MR | 3 | Not Allowed |
| 7 | MS ( Chemical Sciences ) | 3 | Core |
| 8 | MS | 5 | Not Allowed |
| 9 | MS | 7 | Not Allowed |
| 10 | MS | 9 | Not Allowed |
| 11 | RS | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 12 | RS | 2 | Not Allowed |