Questions to attempt

Week 1

SSM handout 1, Q1-7.

Week 2

SSM handout 1, Q8-14.

Week 3

SSM handout 1, Q15-21. For Q21, measure all of the coupling constants and include brief explanations for the splitting of each signal.

Week 4

SSM handout 1, Q22-24; handout 2, Q1, 3-5.

Week 5

SSM handout 2, Q7-10, 12, 14. For Q9, make sure to draw a graph by hand, on graph paper, as this is what will be expected in the exam.

Week 6

SSM handout 2, Q16-23.

Week 7

RMOC Q1-2, 4-6. For the key features that might have an effect on reactivity in Q1, just think about conjugation.

Week 8

RMOC Q7-14. Past Tripos questions: 2020 Q1-2; 2021 Q1-2. Supervision at the start of Lent.

Week 0

See Week 8 of Michaelmas.

Week 1

RMOC Q16-22.

Week 2

RMOC Q23-29.

Week 3

RMOC Q30-36.

Week 4

RMOC Q37-41.

Week 5

TBC

Week 6

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Week 7

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Week 8

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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

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Week 6

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Week 1

AEC Q4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 19, 23, 26.

Week 2

AEC Q31, 32, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43.

Week 3

NAPS Q1-7.

Week 4

NAPS Q8-14. Hint for Q12: the reaction used to turn a nitro group into a carbonyl is called the Nef reaction. There must be a little bit of water present for the reaction to work, probably from the sulfuric acid.

Week 5

ITS Q2-7.

Week 6

ITS Q9-10, 12, 14-17.

Week 7

ITS Q18-21; SOR Q1-4.

Week 8

SOR Q5-9, 13, 14.

Week 0

Finishing off work from Michaelmas.

Week 1

TBC

Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

TBC

Week 1

Handout 1, Q1-3. In Q3(vii), the C-O bond is meant to be a wedge, i.e. the relative stereochemistry is anti.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q4-7.

Week 3

Handout 1, Q8, 9(i, iv, v), 10(ii, iv, vi), 11. We will probably have to delay this one a week to give you time to watch enough lectures.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q1, 2, 5.

Week 5

Handout 2, Q3(ii, iii, v), 4, 6, 7.

Week 1

Handout 1, Q1-3, 8-10.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q4-6, 11-12, 15. Don't worry about Q7, we will go over it in the supervision.

Week 3

Handout 2, Q1-3, 5, 6, 8-10; delayed a week to give you time to watch enough lectures.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q11-18.

Week 5

Carrying on from last week.

Week 1

TBC

Week 2

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Week 3

TBC

Week 1

Handout 1, Q2-6.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q7; Tripos: 2013 Q16.

Week 3

Handout 2, Q2, 5, 6; Tripos: 2010 Q16.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q7-11.

Week 1

Q2, 5-10.

Week 2

Q11-16.

Week 3

Q17-22.

Week 1

Handout 1, Q1-6.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q7-11. Read the radical chapter in Clayden, as recommended in the handout.

Week 3

Handout 2, Q2-7.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q8-14. You will probably have to read the referenced paper to figure out Q14.

Week 1

Handout 1, Q1-5.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q6-10.

Week 3

Handout 2, Q2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27. For 27, a key step in endiandric synthesis, name the reactions taking place and explain their stereochemistry.

Week 1

Q2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 27, 30, 35, 38, 42.

Week 2

Q44, 51, 55, 59, 63, 67, 74, 78, 84, 93, 100.

Week 3

Q104, 107, 108, 112, 117, 118, 132, 134, 140, 144, 147.

Week 4

Q154, 160, 168, 174, 179, 182, 185, 188, 193, 195.

Week 1

Handout 1, Q1-5.

Week 2

Handout 1, Q6-9.

Week 3

Handout 2, Q1-7.

Week 4

Handout 2, Q8-13.

Week 1

Q1-4.

Week 2

Q5-8.

Week 3

Q9, Tripos: 2020 Q48.

Week 4

TBC