pt. 1. Molecular structure and thermodynamics. Introduction to structure and models of bonding ; Strain and stability ; Solutions and non-covalent binding forces ; Molecular recognition and supramolecular chemistry ; Acid-base chemistry ; Stereochemistry.
pt. 2. Reactivity, kinetics, and mechanisms. Energy surfaces and kinetic analyses ; Experiments related to thermodynamics and kinetics ; Catalysis ; Organic reaction mechanisms, pt. 1: Reactions involving additions and/or eliminations ; Organic reaction mechanisms, pt. 2: Substitutions at aliphatic centers and thermal isomerizations/rearrangements ; Organotransition metal reaction mechanisms and catalysis ; Organic polymer and materials chemistry.
pt. 3. Electronic structure: theory and applications. Advanced concepts in electronic structure theory ; Thermal pericyclic reactions ; Photochemistry ; Electronic organic materials.
Appendix 1: Conversion factors and other useful data.
Appendix 2: Electrostatic potential surfaces for representative organic molecules.
Appendix 3: Group orbitals of common functional groups: representative examples using simple molecules.
Appendix 4: The organic structures of biology.
Appendix 5: Pushing electrons.
Appendix 6: Reaction to mechanism nomenclature.
