Discuss the original definitions of organic substances and the term "vitalism". Discuss Wohler's synthesis of urea as the first organic compound synthesized in the lab. Determine that all organic compounds contain carbon. Discuss the electron configuration of carbon, and show its configuration using standard diagrams. Determine that carbon exhibits hybrid electron configuration and always contains 4 covalent bonds. List the major elements which bond with carbon in organic compounds. introduce methane as the most simple organic compound, write the molecular and the structural formula, and discuss methane as a gas.