College College of Pharmacy Program Doctor of Pharmacy Course Title Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Course Code PHRM 102 Department Vice-Deanship for Academic Affairs Course General Description This course introduces the students to organic compounds' structure, properties, and reactions relevant to the pharmaceutical chemistry sciences. The course covers the basic concepts of bonding and molecular structure and the chemistry of different functional chemistry groups such as alkanes, alkenes, aromatic compounds, halides, alcohols, carbonyl compounds, amines, and carbohydrates. The course also emphasizes the importance of stereochemistry and isomerism in determining drug molecules' biological activity and metabolism