1. Organic Chemistry
If you can pass organic you are well on your way to being a chemistry major

2. The five most important concepts to take away from Organic Chemistry…

3. IUPAC & Naming
Electron Movement & Mechanisms
Thermodynamics & Kinetics
Chirality & Isomerism
Spectroscopy & Lab Techniques

4. IUPAC & Naming

5. Naming
Locant – Prefix – Parent – Suffix Locant: Where are the substituents? Prefix: What are the substituents? Parent: How many carbons? Suffix: What is primary functional group?

6. Functional Groups

7. Cis and Trans (E and Z)
Entgegen = opposite
zusammen = together

8. Electron Movement & Reaction Mechanisms
Nucleophiles and Electrophiles
Looking at Mechanisms
Types of Reactions

9. Nucleophiles and Electrophiles

10. Looking at Mechanisms

11. Types of Reaction Addition Substitution Combination Elimination
Acid-Base
Rearrangements

12. Thermodynamics & Kinetics
Energy Diagrams
What drives reactions?

13. Energy Diagrams

14. What drives Reactions?
Kinetic vs. thermodynamic stability

15. Chirality & Isomerism
Stereochemistry: R and S
Types of Isomers

16. Stereochemistry: R and S

17. Types of Isomers

18. Spectroscopy & Lab Techniques
NMR IR
Mass Spectrometry
Lab Techniques

19. NMR

20. IR

21. Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

22. Lab Techniques Using different Instruments Distillation
Separatory Funnel
Vacuum Filtration
Crystallization
Percent Error and Purity

23. How to Draw Really Nice Hexagons