Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Define Organic chemistry in terms of the role of carbon in organic and biochemistry.
• Identify and classify the major functional groups. These include alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, alkynes, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amides, amines, alcohols, and alkyl halides.
• List the typical properties of the individual functional groups.
• Predict reactivity of compounds based on their size and functional group.
• Name and draw the structure for molecules of the main functional groups, including cis-trans and R-S notation.
• Define and recognize the different types of isomerism, including geometric, stereo, and constitutional.
• Explain the importance of molecular shape in terms of function and properties.
• Explain and describe the meaning of primary, secondary, and tertiary substituents.
• Predict general products for basic simple organic reactions.
• Give the mechanism of one common organic reaction.
• Explain how recrystallization and extraction are used for purification.
• Classify basic lipids into their appropriate sub-categories.
• Describe DNA replication and how this is related to aging.
• Describe transcription and how this is related to mutation.
• Explain the importance of protein shape and what intermolecular forces are involved.
• Perform one organic synthesis in lab.
• Define monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
• Write the structure of glucose, including stereochemistry.
• Explain the difference between alpha and beta bridges and their consequences in terms of human digestion.
• Determine the structure of simple sugars using optical data and the Fischer Proof.