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Table of Contents for Part VI
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Part VI: Carbonyls
Introduction to Carbonyls
Lesson VI.1. Nomenclature of Carbonyls
Lesson VI.2. Review: Preparation of Carbonyls from Alcohols, Alkynes and Alkenes
Lesson VI.3. Classifying Reactions of Carbonyls
Lesson VI.4. Relative Rates of Nucleophilic Attack on Carbonyl Functional Groups
Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones
Lesson VI.5. Addition of Organometallics/Metal Hydrides to Aldehydes/Ketones
Lesson VI.6. Addition of Water or Alcohols to Aldehydes/Ketones
Lesson VI.7. Addition of Amine Derivatives to Aldehydes/Ketones
Lesson VI.8. The Wittig Reaction
Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Nitriles
Lesson VI.9. Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution of Acid Chlorides and Anhydrides
Lesson VI.10. SNAc of Carboxylic Acids to form Acid Chlorides
Lesson VI.11. SNAc Reaction of Oxygen Nucleophiles with Carboxylic Acids and Esters
Lesson VI.12. Amide Formation, Amide Hydrolysis and the Gabriel Synthesis
Lesson VI.13. Reaction of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives with H and C Nucleophiles
Lesson VI.14. Preparation and Reaction of Nitriles
Enolates and alpha,beta-Unstaurated Carbonyls
Lesson VI.15. Preparation of Enolates and Alkylation
Lesson VI.16. Alpha-Halogenation and Haloform Reactions
Lesson VI.17. Aldol Addition and Condensation
Lesson VI.18. Claisen Condensation
Lesson VI.19. Decarboxylation and Synthetic Applications
Lesson VI.20. Addition of Nucleophiles to alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carbonyls