Wills Organic Chemistry 2 Notes

This book is part 2 of a two-part series covering undergraduate-level organic chemistry. If you’re enrolled in an organic chemistry course and in need of help understanding the concepts, this series will help you understand the concepts instead of relying on memorization. If you’re planning on enrolling in an organic chemistry course and looking to get a head start, this book was made for you. This series was written in such a way that it remains as detailed as a traditional textbook but looks and reads like detailed class notes. Everything is hand-drawn and written. Throughout the book there are detailed explanations walking the reader through the reasoning of every statement, reaction, mechanism, etc. The goal is to assist you in understanding concepts instead of memorizing. Just like part 1 of the series, this book is divided into 29 lectures.

Lecture 1-2: Conjugated Pi Systems
Lecture 3-4: Conjugated Dienes & Reactions
Lecture 5: Diels-Alder Cycloaddition
Lecture 6: Aromatic Molecules
Lecture 7: Benzene Derivative Nomenclature
Lecture 8: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Lecture 9: EAS Reactions of Benzene Derivatives
Lecture 10: EAS Reactions of Disubstituted Benzene Derivatives
Lecture 11: Aldehydes & Ketones
Lecture 12: Hydrates & Acetals
Lecture 13: Imines and Enamines
Lecture 14: Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones Continued
Lecture 15: Enols & Enolates
Lecture 16: Aldols & Aldol Condensation
Lecture 17: Conjugate Additions
Lecture 18: Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 19: Reactions of Carboxylic Acids
Lecture 20: Reactivity of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Lecture 21: Reactions of Acyl Halides
Lecture 22: Reactions of Anhydrides
Lecture 23: Reactions of Esters
Lecture 24: Reactions of Amides
Lecture 25: Reactions of Nitriles
Lecture 26: Introduction to Amines
Lecture 27: Benzylic Chemistry
Lecture 28: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
Lecture 29: Ester Enolates and Claisen Condensations