Bsc important notes 1st year Organic Chemistry 

Basic Concepts:

Structure and relations: Lewis structures, VSEPR theory, hybridization, functional groups,

Basic Concepts:

Acidity and basicity: Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis acid-base concepts, pKa values.

Basic Concepts:

Organic reactions: mechanisms (how reactions occur), kinetics (reaction rates), thermodynamics 

Functional Groups and Reactions:

Alkanes and Alkanes: Reactions, Nomenclature, Stereochemistry (Isomers).

Functional Groups and Reactions:

Alkyl Halides: Reactions (Substitution, Elimination), SN1, SN2, E1, E2 Mechanism.

Functional Groups and Reactions:

Alcohols and ethers: reactions (acidity, dehydration, ether cleavage), nomenclature.

Functional Groups and Reactions:

Aldehydes and ketones: reactions (nucleophilic addition, oxidation/reduction), carbonyl groups.

Additional subjects 

Aromaticity: Structure and properties of aromatic compounds (benzene).

Additional subjects 

Spectroscopy: Introduction to techniques used to identify organic molecules (IR, NMR).