Organic Chemistry I

Is the beginning of a two-semester organic chemistry sequence. During this semester, emphasis is placed on structure, nomenclature, bonding, molecular properties, and stereochemistry of organic compounds. Greater detail, as well as synthesis and reaction mechanisms, is stressed for alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes and alkyl halides. The laboratory portion of the course reinforces the lecture by illustrating chemical reactions and synthesis on a microscale as well as macroscale level. Basic organic chemistry laboratory techniques -- such as determinations of boiling points and melting points, recrystallizations, distillations and extractions -- are practiced.