Organic 1

Organic chemistry 1 is actually two courses in one. In the first half of the course, you learn about chemical bonding, structure, conformations, and stereochemistry. In the second half of the course, you begin to talk about reactions, such as substitution, elimination, and addition reactions.

What you want to develop in this course are key skills like being able to draw molecules, understand chemical formulas, and evaluate factors like charge, acidity, and reactivity. These posts can help you get started.

How To Calculate Formal Charge

How To Use A pKa Table

Hidden Hydrogens, Hidden Lone Pairs, Hidden Counterions

The Single Swap Rule

Five Key Factors That Influence Acidity

The Many, Many Ways of Drawing Butane

Everything I Know About Stereochemistry I Learned From Cats (series)

In Summary: Resonance

The Meso Trap

What Makes A Good Leaving Group? 

The Most Important Question To Ask When Learning A New Reaction

The Four Major Classes of Reactions in Org 1 (series)

The Second Most Important Question To Ask When Learning A New Reaction (series)

The Most Annoying Exceptions of Org 1 (Part 1)

The Most Annoying Exceptions of Org 1 (Part 2)