Organic Chemistry I

Learn the concepts, practice the skills, and prepare for your exams with a complete first-semester organic chemistry course.

Start Here How to succeed in organic chemistry + Starter Guide
Review Gen Chem Orbitals, bonding, hybridization, and electronegativity

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UNIT 1

Structure

Molecular Structure Structural Isomerism Conformation Rings & Chairs Nomenclature Stereoisomerism Chirality Formal Charge Unit 1 Practice Exam
UNIT 2

Mechanism & Energetics

Mechanism Thermodynamics Resonance Hyperconjugation Charge Stability Acid/Base Theory/pKa Kinetics vs. Thermodynamics Fundamental Reaction Types Unit 2 Practice Exam
UNIT 3

Introduction to Reactivity

Radical Halogenation Electrophilic Addition Carbocation Rearrangements Hydroboration/Oxidation Alkene Redox Substitution & Elimination Unit 3 Practice Exam
UNIT 4

Functional Groups

Multistep Synthesis Alcohols Epoxides Alkynes Aromaticity Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Unit 4 Practice Exam

UNIT 1

Structure

Learn to read, draw, compare, name, and reason about organic molecular structures.

LESSON 1

Reading & Drawing Structures

Line-angle structures · skeletal structures · implied atoms · heteroatoms · common drawing errors

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LESSON 2

Structural Isomerism

Constitutional isomers · molecular formula · degrees of unsaturation · rings · π bonds

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LESSON 3

Conformation & Newman Projections

Newman projections · staggered and eclipsed conformations · gauche and anti · steric interactions · strain energies

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LESSON 4

Rings, Chairs & Ring Strain

Cyclohexane chairs · axial and equatorial positions · chair flips · ring strain · conformational stability

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LESSON 5

Naming Molecules

IUPAC nomenclature · carbon chains · substituents · alkanes · alkenes · alkynes · functional groups

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LESSON 6

Stereoisomerism & Diastereomers

Stereogenic elements · configurational isomers · diastereomers · E/Z alkene stereochemistry

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LESSON 7

Enantiomers & Chirality

Enantiomers · molecular handedness · chirality · R/S configuration · meso compounds

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LESSON 8

Formal Charge

Calculating formal charge · common charged atoms · carbocations · carbanions · reactive charged species

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Unit 1 Practice Exam

A cumulative practice exam covering molecular structure, isomerism, conformation, rings, nomenclature, stereochemistry, chirality, and formal charge.

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