Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. Determine hybridization of orbitals involved in bonding of organic molecules.
2. Identify functional groups on organic molecules and how they effect molecular properties.
3. Name organic molecules given their structural formulas using IUPAC nomenclature for alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alcohols.
4. Illustrate steric interactions in molecular structures with Newman projections.
5. Illustrate pseudo-three-dimensional molecular structures and conformational isomerization with the example of cyclohexane.
6. Apply the free radical halogenation mechanism to alkyl and allylic systems.
7. Assign the absolute (RS) configuration to a chiral compound.
8. Draw the structure of chiral molecules, using Fischer projections.
9. Apply substitution and elimination mechanisms to determine the products of chemical reactions.
10. Apply qualitative organic chemistry laboratory techniques in a safe manner.