Pre-lecture Reading Assignment: Drawing Organic Structures

Quick Intro

We will be drawing molecules all the time in organic chemistry! Drawing out full Lewis structures will quickly become tedious and too time consuming. Let's learn to draw structures in a few different ways and decide when we should use each type of structure.

 

Objectives

• Identify different ways of drawing organic molecules and when each should be used.
• Draw molecules using condensed structures.
• Draw molecules using skeletal structures.

 

Associated Reading

• Smith 3rd ed: Ch 1.7
• Smith 4th ed: Ch 1.7
• Smith 5th ed: Ch 1.8
• Smith 6th ed: Ch 1.8

 

Your Tasks

Before Class

• Complete assigned reading.
• Get the worksheet for the lecture.

After Class

• Work on more problems.
• Go to a discussion section and/or office hours.
• Review any areas that you struggled with on in-class activities.