Introduction

• How to use this website
• Purpose of this website and disclaimers
• Strategies for studying
• Why is organic chemistry so challenging?

3D Structure and Hybridization

• Draw a tetrahedral carbon
• Predict the 3D geometry and hybridization of a bonded atom
• Predict the hybridization of an atom
• Predict the orbitals that form a bond

Acids and Bases

• Acidity Trends
• Draw curved arrows for acid-base reactions
• Find the most acidic proton in a molecule
• Find the most basic atom in a molecule
• Predict the pKa of a molecule

Alkene Reactions

• Draw the Mechanism of Alkene Addition Reactions
• Draw the Products of Alkene Addition Reactions
• Predict the Regiochemistry (Markovnikov's Rule)

Atoms and Bonds

• Calculating the formal charge on an atom
• Is a bond ionic or covalent?
• Number of bonds and lone pairs
• Predict the electronegativity of an atom
• Predict the number of valence electrons in an atom
• Predicting bond polarization

Chirality and Stereochemistry

• Assign Chiral Centers R or S
• Determine the Isomeric Relationship Between Two Molecules
• Draw Mirror Images
• Flip and Rotate Molecules
• Identify Chiral Centers
• Identify Chiral Molecules
• Identify Meso Molecules

Conformational Stability Trends

• Interpret and Draw Newman Projections

Elimination Reactions

• Draw the Products of Elimination Reactions
• Elimination Reaction Overview and Traits

Functional Groups

• Identify functional groups

IUPAC naming

• Name alkanes and haloalkanes
• Name cyclic alkanes and haloalkanes

Lewis Structures

• "Seeing" implicit hydrogens in abbreviated Lewis Structures
• "Seeing" implicit lone pairs in Lewis Structures
• Drawing Lewis Structures from a molecular formula (part 2)
• Drawing Lewis Structures from an molecular formula (part 1)
• Recognizing invalid or unlikely Lewis Structures

Mechanisms

• Articles coming soon

Molecular Properties

• Predict if a molecule has a dipole moment
• Predicting boiling and melting points
• Predicting solubility trends

Reactions

• Approach to Synthesis Problems
• Make Flash Cards to Learn Reactions

Resonance Structures

• Assigning the major resonance structure
• Moving electrons in resonances structures
• Recognizing resonance structures

Structural Stability Trends

• Articles coming soon

Substitution Reactions

• Nucleophile Effects on Substitution Reaction Rates
• Substitution Reaction Overview and Traits

Substitution vs Elimination

• Classification of Solvents
• Classify Nucleophiles and Bases (strong or weak)
• Concentration Effects on Reaction Rates
• Drawing and Interpreting Reaction Coordinate Diagrams
• Predicting SN1, SN2, E1, and/or E2