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The Student practiced nomenclature and drawing structures of alkynes, and worked through several reactions. The session covered hydrohalogenation, halogenation, hydration, and keto-enol tautomerization. The Student will continue working on synthesis problems and reaction mechanisms in the next session.

The Student and Tutor reviewed alkene reactions, including Markovnikov/anti-Markovnikov additions and bromination, practicing the prediction of products with correct stereochemistry. They worked through a synthesis problem, identifying suitable reagents and reaction steps to convert a starting material into a target molecule. The homework involves more problems on similar reactions and synthesis strategies, to be covered in the next session.

The Student and Tutor covered degrees of unsaturation, IUPAC naming of alkenes, and hydrohalogenation reactions. The student practiced applying the formula for degrees of unsaturation and determining E/Z configurations. The Student will buy additional hours to meet more frequently in the next few weeks to cover the remaining chapters.

The session covered reaction mechanisms, sulfide nomenclature, and ether synthesis. The student practiced drawing reaction mechanisms and naming organic compounds containing sulfur. The Tutor assigned problems for the next session, focusing on chapters 10, 11, and 12.

The session covered structural isomers, dehydration reactions, carbocation rearrangements, and stereoisomers. The student worked on problems involving chair conformations, hydride shifts, and predicting reaction products. The Tutor provided additional material on reaction mechanisms to be reviewed before the next session.

The Student and Tutor practiced naming ethers and alcohols using IUPAC nomenclature, including identifying primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols and applying specific rules for cyclic ethers. They worked through several examples and problems, including drawing structures based on IUPAC names and predicting products of reactions. The next session is scheduled to continue with Chapter 10.