Required Course Learning Outcomes:

 1.  Draw the structure on paper given the name of an organic compound.

 2.  Name a structure according to the IUPAC rules governing organic nomenclature given any conformational form.

 3.  Use Hybridization to establish geometric structure.

 4.  Apply the of Lewis Acid-Base Theory to nucleophilic substitution reactions.

 5.  Use the appropriate organic synthetic methods to design and synthesize a given compound given specific starting materials.

 6.  Compare and Contrast the physical and chemical properties of the various functional groups of organic chemistry.

 7.  Design and write an appropriate synthesis of a given compound given specific starting materials.

 8.  Draw and correctly name an organic compound.

 9.  Connect real world applications to organic processes.

 10. Draw on paper or use a chemical software package to show why, mechanistically a chemical reaction takes place using the appropriate symbols such as single and double barbed arrows and dots.

 11. Apply the techniques learned in laboratory to synthesize various organic compounds in lab and characterize those products to assist in validating the mechanisms presented in lecture.

 12. Perform the basic laboratory techniques, including but not limited to, physical property characterizations, recrystallization, distillation and reflux, extraction, synthesis of various organic compounds and their characterizations.

 Required Topical Outline:

 I.    Atomic and molecular structure

 II.   Functional groups

 III.  Lewis acid-base theory

 IV.   Alkanes

 V.    Stereochemistry: chirality

 VI.   Reactions of alkyl halides

 VII.  Unsaturated hydrocarbons

 VIII. Radical reactions

 IX.   Alcohols and ethers

 X.    Conjugated unsaturated systems

 XI.   Aromatic compounds

 XII.  Aldehydes and ketones

 XIII. Carboxylic acids and derivatives

 XIV.  Amines

 XV.   Laboratory techniques

 XVI.  Instrumental techniques