Introduction, classification, methods of formation by reduction of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acid and esters, biological oxidation of ethanol, hydrogen bonding, acidic nature comparison with thiols, effect of solvents and polarity, reactions of alcohols

Dihydric and Trihydric Alcohols                                                                                        

Method of preparation, chemical reactions of vicinal glycols, oxidative cleavage with [Pb(OAc)₄] and HIO₄; Pinacol- pinacolone rearrangement.

Trihydric alcohols: introduction, method of preparation and chemical reactions of glycerol

Phenols:Methods of Preparation, Acidity and factors affecting it,comparative acidic strength of alcohol and phenol, chemical reactions including important name reactions.

Ethers and Epoxides: Preparation and reactions

Synthesis from acid chlorides, 1,3-dithianes and enamines, nitriles and carboxylic acids;mechanism of nucleophilic addition reaction to carbonyl group with particular emphasis on Benzoin,Perkin, aldol, Knoevenagel condensations,Reformatsky reaction and Dieckman condensation,condensation with ammonia & its derivatives including reactions with primary & secondary amines, Mannich & Wittig reactions.

Oxidation and reduction rections of Aldehydes and ketones :                                             

Use of acetals as protecting groups, oxidation of aldehydes, Baeyer- Villiger oxidation of ketones, Oppenauer oxidation. ,Cannizzaro reaction, MPV,Clemmensen,Wolff-Kishner,LiAlH₄,NaBH₄ reductions, α,β- unsaturated carbonyl compounds(cyclic & acyclic) , conjugate addition of enolates & amines, , keto-enol tautomerism of ethylacetoacetate,evidences in favour of keto-enol tautomerism, Claisen condensation, alkylation of diethyl malonate & ethyl acetoacetate,

Preparation, physical properties, acidity and reactions of monocarboxylic acids:

Typical reactions of dicarboxylic acids, hydroxy acids and unsaturated acids: succinic/pthalic, lactic,  tartaric, citric, maleic and fumaric acids.

Preparation and reactions of acid chlorides, anhydrides, esters and amides; comparative study of nucleophilic sustitution at acyl group - mechanism of acidic and alkaline hydrolysis of esters.