A variety of articles on the topic of the organic chemistry lecture course have appeared in this Journal (1).
Te objectives of the six pillar approach are (i) building knowledge of organic chemistry upon a strong foundation of fundamental concepts; (ii) explaining and predicting a wide variety of chemical, physical, and biological properties of molecules; (iii) conceptually uniting important features o general,organic, and biochemistry; and (iv) the early introduction and frequent reinforcement of concepts in a memorable way.