CHEM 350 deals with the chemistry of carbon compounds through a study of the characteristic reactions of the common functional groups. Particular emphasis is placed on the study of reaction mechanisms in an attempt to show similarities between apparently unrelated reactions. The importance of stereochemistry is stressed throughout the course. The course also includes an introduction to the use of spectroscopy in the analysis of organic compounds. CHEM 350 and its companion course, CHEM 360, represent a full-year introductory organic chemistry course at the second-year university level. The compulsory laboratory component of CHEM 350 introduces the basic techniques employed in modern organic chemistry laboratories. Experiments have been selected to illustrate many of the principles encountered in the theoretical part of the course. Front Matter 1: Structure and Bonding 2: Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases 3: Organic Compounds- Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry 4: Organic Compounds- Cycloalkanes and their Stereochemistry 5: Stereochemistry at Tetrahedral Centres 6: An Overview of Organic Reactions 7: Alkenes- Structure and Reactivity 8: Alkenes- Reactions and Synthesis 9: Alkynes- An Introduction to Organic Synthesis 10: Organohalides 11: Reactions of Alkyl Halides- Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations 12: Structure Determination- Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy 13: Structure Determination- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 14: Conjugated Compounds and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy 15: Benzene and Aromaticity 16: Chemistry of Benzene- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Back Matter