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The tutor and student extensively reviewed the principles of resonance structures in organic chemistry, practicing drawing them and identifying conditions for their formation. They also touched upon nomenclature and structural representation. The next steps involve reviewing acids and bases, inductive effects, and alkanes/cycloalkanes.

The session focused on methods for synthesizing carboxylic acids, including ozonolysis, nitrile hydrolysis, Grignard reagent reactions, and reactions involving carbon dioxide. The Student learned about carboxylic acid derivatives and their addition-elimination reactions. The next session will cover radical chemistry, including bond cleavages and dissociation energies.

The Tutor and Student worked through balancing chemical equations, starting with fundamental concepts like word equations and the Law of Conservation of Mass. They then moved on to understanding ions, their properties, and solubility rules, culminating in an explanation of molecular, ionic, and net ionic equations.

The session covered alcohol preparation from alkenes, including acid-catalyzed hydration, oxymercuration-demercuration, and hydroboration-oxidation. The Student learned about Markovnikov's and anti-Markovnikov's rules, carbocation rearrangements, and Williamson ether synthesis. The next class will cover remaining reactions and then move on to oxidation reduction.

The tutor and student reviewed atomic structure, wave-particle duality, quantized energy, atomic spectra, quantum models, and quantum numbers. They practiced determining electron configurations and discussed the rules for filling electron orbitals, including exceptions.

The Student and Tutor reviewed the product rule, derivatives of logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions, and the chain rule. The Student practiced applying these rules to various problems. The next session is scheduled to cover Unit 3, with the Tutor preparing questions based on the Student's old test papers and the learning objectives.