Introductory Organic Chemistry

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Understand the structure of organic molecules, including spatial aspects (stereochemistry).
• Predict reaction products for substitution, alkene addition, and elimination reactions.
• Provide a chemical structure for a given chemical name (nomenclature).
• Understand how molecular structure determines the reactivity as well as the physical and biological properties of compounds.
• Understand the mechanisms of basic organic reactions. Predict the mechanistic outcomes of basic organic reactions (including regiochemistry and stereochemistry of the reaction products).
• Realize that organic reactions and molecules are fundamentally important for most biological and medical processes.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Exams	50%
Homework	30%
Final	20%

Grading Scale for the Course

Percentage	Letter Grade
≥ 91%	A
90%	A-
89%	B+
88-81%	B
80%	B-
79%	C+
78-71%	C
70%	C-
69%	D+
68-61%	D
60%	D-
≤ 59%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is not recorded and does not factor into the final grade. However, extra credit opportunities are given periodically during in-class lessons that apply to the midterm exams, and students must be present to receive this extra credit.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Introduction to Organic Chemistry (6th edition) by Thomas Poon and William H. Brown.