What is an atom?

Atomic Orbitals

Covalent Bond

What is the Octet Rule?

Polar Covalent Bonds

 Electronegativity

Formal Charges

The Difference Between the Formal and Actual Charge

Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry Bases in Organic Chemistry

Lewis Acid/Base Mnemonic

sp3 Hybridization

Conformations of Ethane and Butane

Cis-Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes

Optical Activity

The peptide bond and primary structure of proteins

 Nucleophilic Substitution, SN2, SN1

What is a Nucleophile?

Definition of Steric Effect

Acetal Formation

Nomenclature of Aldehydes & Ketones

Reaction with Primary Amines to form Imines

Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis

Ester Enolates

Transition state

Definition of a Reaction Intermediate

The Principle of Microscopic Reversibility

Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Products

Kinetic Isotope Effects

First Law of Thermodynamics

Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy

Coupled Reactions