Summary Guide and Exercise Sets

1Intro to Orgo

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to Organic Chemistry
  • Carbon
  • Valence Electrons
  • Octet Rule

2Drawing in Orgo

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • How to Draw Bonds
  • Condensed Formula
  • Conventional Structural Drawing
  • Line-Angle Formula

3Molecular Orbitals, Hybridization and Geometry

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • Subshells
  • Atomic Orbitals
  • Hybridization
  • Sigma and Pi bonds
  • Geometry
  • Bond Angles

4Lewis Structures, Formal Charge and Resonance Structures

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • What is a Lewis Structure?
  • How do I draw a Lewis Structure?
  • How do I figure out an atom’s formal charge?
  • What is resonance?
  • How do I figure out resonance problems?
  • Major resonance vs. minor resonance

5Basic Naming in Orgo- Naming Alkanes

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to the concept of nomenclature in Organic Chemistry
  • Step-by-step process for naming alkanes

6Functional Groups

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to functional groups
  • Basic images of each functional group presented
  • 7Acid-Base Chemistry

    Organic Chemistry

    Topics Covered:

  • Arrhenius Acid and Base
  • Bronstead-Lowry Acid and Base
  • Lewis Acid and Base
  • pKa and pKb
  • Acid-Base Reactions
  • Effects on acidity
  • Effects on Basicity
  • 8Isomers

    Organic Chemistry

    Topics Covered:

  • Constitutional isomers
  • Conformational Isomers
  • Diastereomers
  • Geometric Isomers
  • Conformational Isomers Analysis
  • Newman Projections
  • Cyclohexane Chair Conformation
  • 9Chirality and Enantiomers

    Organic Chemistry

    Topics Covered:

  • Chiral vs. Achiral
  • R and S Nomenclature of Enantiomers
  • Properties of Enantiomers
  • Racemic Mixtures
  • Meso Compound
  • 10Introduction to the Study of Orgo Reactions

    Organic Chemistry

    Topics Covered:

  • Reaction Format
  • Degree of Substitution in Alkanes
  • Degree of Substitution in Alkenes
  • Reaction Intermediates: Radical, Carbocation, Carbanion