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The Tutor and Student reviewed carboxylic acids, their acidity, preparation, and reactions, followed by a detailed exploration of monosaccharides, including their structure, stereochemistry, cyclic forms, and chemical reactions. They planned to meet again to review practice exam material.

The Tutor and Student explored London Dispersion Forces (LDFs), their origin from temporary dipoles, and their relation to polarizability and boiling points. They also covered molecular orbital theory, bonding, anti-bonding orbitals, bond order calculations, and magnetic properties of molecules like O2 and N2, with practice problems reinforcing these concepts.

The student and tutor reviewed various chemistry concepts, including photon properties, atomic spectra, the photoelectric effect, atomic structure trends, ionization energy, and chemical bonding. They worked through practice problems covering these topics, with the tutor providing explanations and guidance.

The Tutor and Student reviewed epoxide ring opening reactions, focusing on acidic versus basic mechanisms and stereochemical outcomes in vicinal diol synthesis using peracids and osmium tetroxide. They also covered the definitions and general reactions of oxidation and reduction, differentiating the reactivity of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols.

The Student and Tutor explored conformational analysis using butane, focusing on Newman projections, sp3 hybridization, and tetrahedral geometry. They practiced analyzing different conformers (eclipsed, staggered, gauche, anti) generated by rotating around the C-C single bond and discussed their relative stability and potential energy.

The Tutor and Student reviewed the concepts of nucleophiles, basicity, and the factors influencing nucleophilicity, including steric effects and solvent polarity (protic vs. aprotic). They then practiced classifying solvents and ranking leaving groups before transitioning to the foundational principles of SN1 and SN2 nucleophilic substitution mechanisms, noting their step order and kinetic orders.