This course is a customized course for pharmacy students. It is designed to enrich students? knowledge in organic chemistry that should lead to a better understanding of medicinal chemistry. The course includes a general review of organic functional groups with emphasis on the physicochemical properties of biological importance such as carboxylic acid and its derivatives, amines, sulfuric acids and sulfonic acids, sulfonamides, carbonates and ureas. In addition, the course introduces students to important subjects in organic chemistry such as resonance, acidity, basicity, aromaticity and stereochemistry of organic compounds. The course also is designed to explain in details the chemical basis of drug metabolism.