Organic Chemistry

What are functional groups? How do functional groups affect chemical behavior? What are alcohols and how do they react? What distinguishes aldehydes from ketones? How do carboxylic acids behave? What are amines used for? How do halides participate in reactions? Why are functional groups essential in synthesis?

What is a reaction mechanism? What are nucleophiles and electrophiles? What is substitution versus elimination? How do resonance structures affect reactivity? What determines reaction rate? How do catalysts influence mechanism pathways? What are carbocations? How do chemists predict reaction products?

What is stereochemistry? What is chirality? What are enantiomers and diastereomers? How do stereoisomers differ biologically? What is optical rotation? How does stereochemistry affect drug activity? How do chemists determine stereochemistry? How is stereochemistry controlled in synthesis?