This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the basic principles of organic chemistry. Topics covered include nomenclature, structure, properties, stereochemistry, synthesis, and reactions of the major classes of organic compounds including hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, aromatic compounds, amines, carbohydrates, amino acids, and nucleic acids. Further topics cover spectroscopic analysis of organic compounds.

CILO-1: Identify the classes of organic compounds by drawing and interpreting structural formulas. CILO-2: Explain constitutional isomers, stereoisomers and conformational isomers, and describe the principles of electron delocalization and resonance structure. CILO-3: Describe the definition of Lewis acid and base by using resonance and inductive effects to interpret values of acid dissociation constant (Ka) and pKa of acids. CILO-4: Describe the chemistry related to alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aromatic compounds, amines, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, carbohydrates, amino acids, and nucleic acids, and apply them in analysis and synthesis and draw reaction mechanisms of the more important types of reactions. CILO-5: Identify various classes of organic compounds using ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.