Organic reactions

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe homolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond
– explain free–radical chain reactions
– discuss the stability of free radicals
– define electrophiles and nucleophiles
– describe the formation of carbocations and discuss their stability
– explain the mechanisms of: electrophilic addition, electrophilic substitution, nucleophilic substitution (SN1 and SN2) , nucleophilic elimination (E1 and E2), nucleophilic addition and nucleophilic addition–elimination
– describe the most common oxidants and reductants used in organic syntheses, and give examples of specific uses of these reagents.