Chem 242 @ Dickinson

Reactions of Alcohols

Today was a day to learn about some of the reactions that alcohols undergo. We spent all of our time on two processes: Dehydration and halogenation. Some of it should have been review (examples of eliminations, etc.) but some of it (phosphorous oxychloride, thionyl chloride, etc.) were new ideas that probably will require some effort on your part to master. Luckily, the first part of problem set two (and its key) will help you with that. The second part of PS#2 covers material that we will discuss on Wednesday.

For those of you who are working ahead, I have also posted the Need to Know for Chapter 18.

posted by DCChem @ 11:01 AM