What you'll learn:
- The basic topics of Organic Chemistry are covered in this course.
- Each topic is covered in detail with examples and practice assignments for each lecture.
- Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- A Review of Chemical Bonding, Atomic Structure, Electron Configurations, Lewis Dot Structures, Molecular Geometry and Hybridization.
- The Alkanes: Nomenclature, Structural Isomerism, Cyclic Alkanes and their Stability, Conformational Isomerism, Physical and Chemical Properties.
- The Alkenes and Alkynes: Nomenclature including cis-trans and E-Z naming systems, Determining units of Unsaturation, Polymers, Physical and Chemical Properties.
- Aromatic Compounds: Benzene Derivatives, Nomenclature, Chemical Properties and Orientation of Substitution.
- Chirality: Stereoisomerism with one, more than one and similar chiral carbon atoms , Enantiomer, Measurement of Optical Activity, R and S Designations.
- Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers and Thiols: Their nomenclature, physical and chemical properties, polyhydric and unsaturated alcohols.
- Amines: Their structure and nomenclature, physical properties, their basicity and heterocyclic amines.
- Aldehydes and Ketones: Structure, nomenclature, physical properties. Oxidation and Reduction reactions, Keto-Enol Tautomerism.
- Carboxylic Acids: Structure and nomenclature, Physical properties, Acidity, Properties and Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acid Salts.
- Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, Preparation and Reactions of Esters, Acid Halides, Anhydrides and Amides.
This course covers most of the basics of a first semester Organic Chemistry course that one might take as a nursing student, science major or pre-med student. Ideally, students should have taken a year of General Chemistry as a prerequisite, although just completing first semester of General Chemistry should be sufficient.
Students in this course have access to ample supplemental material, all of which will be found in the Resource Folders. In addition to the 18.5 hours of lectures, downloadable audio mp3 files of each lecture are included. For nearly all lectures, a Practice Assignment where you can test your understanding of the material can be found in the Resource Folder. Also included is an answer key for each Practice Assignment. Any graphs, figures or tables presented in the lectures are also available as downloadable files. The content of this course is as extensive as both of my General Chemistry courses that are also available on Udemy.
This course assumes that you have completed General Chemistry I and ideally General Chemistry II college courses. While you will not need to be familiar with all topics covered in those courses, you should have a good understanding of atomic structure, electron configuration, covalent bonding, electronegativity, Lewis Dot Structures, molecular geometry and hybridization. Being familiar with acid-base chemistry and equilibrium as it applies to acids and bases is a plus. Section 2 of this course gives a review of key General Chemistry topics needed for Organic Chemistry. Since this course covers only the basics of Organic Chemistry, spectroscopic techniques such as Infrared Spectroscopy, Chromatography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance are not covered. Anyone who is interested in learning about various aspects of Organic Chemistry may find this course beneficial, especially if you had no prior exposure to Organic Chemistry in your studies.
