Course Title

Organic Chemistry I & II

Course Number

10231231 & 10231232

Instructor Name

Mohammad Qneibi

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2
Second Semester 1

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course is designed to provide a fundamental overview of organic chemistry to students interested in pursuing a career in the sciences. Upon successful completion of this class, students will understand the relationship between structure and function of molecules, the major classes of reactions, reaction energetics and mechanisms, synthesis of organic compounds, and how to determine structure via various spectroscopic techniques.  Several themes are prevalent in each unit of study:  nomenclature, chemical and physical properties, structures, mechanisms, common molecules, and the diversity of organic molecules in plants, bacteria, and animals. Many chapters in our textbook also integrate the pharmaceutical or industrial importance of specific compounds.

Organic I

The course provides an essential understanding of organic chemistry in terms of the following:

• Nomenclature, Functional Groups, Physical Properties
• Isomers
• Bonding
• Spectroscopy
• Substitution reactions (SN1 and SN2), Elimination reactions (E1 and E2)
• Aromatic Substitution reaction 
• Simple reduction reactions & oxidation reactions

Organic II

The course provides an essential understanding of organic chemistry in terms of the following:

• Alcohols From Carbonyl Compounds Oxidation-Reduction and Organometallic Compounds
• Conjugated Unsaturated Systems
• Aromatic Compounds
• Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
• Aldehydes and Ketones Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group
• Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives Nucleophilic Addition–Elimination at the Acyl Carbon
• Reactions at the Carbon of Carbonyl Compounds Enols and Enolates
• Condensation and Conjugate Addition Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds More Chemistry of Enolates
• Amines
• Phenols and aryl halides
• Identification of organic compounds

1- Students will be able to predict bonding and three-dimensional structure, including the chirality of organic compounds. 

2- Students will be able to predict the reactivity of specific functional groups, 

3- Students will be able to construct efficient, simple mechanistic pathways for the synthesis of a given compound.

4- Identify products by name and /or structure for major organic reactions

5- students will understand the relationship between structure and function of molecules, the major classes of reactions, reaction energetics, and mechanisms, synthesis of organic compounds.

Required: 

• Organic Chemistry, 3^rd Ed., Janice Gorzynski Smith by McGraw-Hill, 2010

Reference: 

• Organic Chemistry, 6^th Ed., Paula Yurkanis Bruice by Pearson, 2010
• Organic Chemistry, 10^th Ed., T. W. Graham Solomons & Craig B. Fryhle by Wiley, 2009

Strongly recommended: 

• A molecular model set 
• Student study guide/Solutions manual to accompany the textbook

• Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, 10^th Ed., T. W. Graham Solomons & Craig B. Fryhle by Wiley, 2009

• Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, 3^rd Ed., Janice Gorzynski Smith McGraw-Hill, 2010
• ChemOffice software from CambridgeSoft www.camsoft.com