At the completion of this course, the successful student will be able to do the following:
- Draw Lewis Dot Structures for common aliphatic and aromatic compounds.
- Use VSEPR Theory to predict bond angles for common aliphatic and aromatic compounds.
- State the electronegativities of H, C, N, O, F, P, S and Br and determine the oxidation state of atoms in organic compounds.
- Draw structures for 10 common functional groups: alcohol, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, amine, amide, thiol, anhydride.
- Provide IUPAC names for alkanes of up to 20 carbon atoms.
- Draw cyclohexane in the chair and boat conformation and identify equatorial and axial bonds.
- Draw Newman projections for butane.
- Discuss trends in physical properties such as melting point and boiling point with respect to the molecular weight and extent of branching in the alkanes.
- Describe the structure of petroleum.
- Locate chiral centers in organic molecules and identify them as R or S.
- Draw Fischer projections and identify enantiomers and diasteriomers.
- Identify cis/trans isomerism in cycloalkanes.
- Explain the relationship between stereocenters and optical activity.
- Apply the Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry and Lewis definitions of acids and bases to organic compounds.
- Write acid/base reactions for common organic acids and bases.
- Identify cis/trans isomers in alkenes.
- Provide IUPAC names for alkenes of up to 10 carbon atoms.
- Identify E,Z isomers in alkenes.
- Compare the physical properties of alkenes to alkanes with respect to branching and degree of unsaturation.
- Identify terpene units in organic compounds.
- Calculate the index of hydrogen deficiency for organic compounds.
- Discuss the detailed reaction mechanism for addition across the double bond.
- State Markovnikov's rule and provide examples.
- Compare the stability of primary, secondary and tertiary carbocations.
- Give examples of oxidation and reduction of alkenes.
- State the difference between synthesis and analysis.
- Provide IUPAC names for alkynes having up to 10 carbons.
- Write reactions for hydration and for catalytic reduction of alkynes.
- Discuss the mechanism of allylic halogenation in detail.
- Differentiate between a radical and an ion.
- Discuss and provide examples of nucleophilic substitution and β-elimination.
- Interpret various types of organic spectra: NMR, IR and MS.
- Explain what information is obtained from the various spectroscopic techniques.
- Draw Kekulé structure for benzene.
- Describe in detail the hybridization and the resonance model of benzene.
- Explain the Hückel Criteria for Aromaticity.
- Draw structures for pyridine and pyrimidine.
- Recite names from structures and vice versa for common monosubstituted benzene compounds.
- Idenitfy phenols.
- Compare the acidity of phenols to other common organic acids.
- List common reactions for aromatic compounds.