Chemistry of aromatic compounds. Structures of simple sugars, starch and cellulose, peptides, and proteins. Chemistry of bifunctional compounds. Energetics, kinetics, and the investigation of reaction mechanisms. Mechanisms of substitution, elimination, addition, and rearrangement reactions. Stereochemistry. Examples of various named organic reactions e.g., Grignard reaction, Aldol and related reactions. Simple alicyclic carbon compounds and their synthesis. 30hrs(T), R