The first part of a regular two-semester course sequence.

Topics include:

• Bonding, hybridization, structure and nomenclature of organic compounds.
• Physical and chemical properties, and the reaction chemistry of linear and cyclic alkanes, alkenes, dienes, and alkynes.
• Concepts of nucleophilic substitution and elimination in alkyl halides and alcohols, and prediction of the mechanism of the reactions based on the nature of the reactants.
• Stereochemistry in organic molecules.

The second part of a regular two-semester course sequence.

Topics include:

• Bonding, structure and reaction chemistry of benzene and substituted benzenes.
• Physical and chemical properties, and the reaction chemistry of carbonyl compounds.
• Mechanism of reactions in electrophilic and nucleophilic aromatic substitutions, and nucleophilic acyl substitution based on the nature of the reactants.
• Principles and applications of mass spectrometry, and infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy data for the characterization of organic compounds.
• Reaction chemistry of organometallic compounds, and homogeneous catalysis using transition-metal complexes.