Course Overview
This course covers the classification, structure and bonding of organic compounds, naming using IUPAC, common and trade names of many industrial chemicals, factors affecting boiling point and solubility, and theory of extractions. Stereochemistry, the preparations and reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds and alcohols, and structure determination using IR and NMR spectroscopy will also be examined. Laboratory exercises include the isolation and identification of natural products, qualitative tests for the identification of functional groups, preparation of samples for infrared analysis, and qualitative analysis by gas chromatography.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
8.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Name and identify the common functional groups in organic compounds.
- Describe the chemical bonding of carbon including bond angles.
- Explain trends in physical properties of compounds based on the types of intermolecular attractive forces.
- Design extractive procedures for the separation of organic mixtures.
- Identify sources of hydrocarbons.
- Name and draw structures of cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, and alcohols.
- Draw the chair conformations of substituted cyclohexanes and identify 1,3-diaxial interactions and the most stable chair conformation.
- Outline methods for the preparation of alkenes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, and alcohols.
- Draw and identify cis-trans isomers including the use of the E/Z system of nomenclature.
- Determine the products in reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, and alcohols.
- Provide the mechanisms of addition reactions of alkenes.
- Explain the use of alkenes in the production of addition polymers.
- Discuss nucleophilic substitution reactions (SN1 and SN2) with respect to mechanism, rates of reaction, and stereochemical outcome.
- Identify achiral and chiral molecules.
- Discuss the chemical and physical properties of enantiomers and relate this to biological activity.
- Draw and identify stereoisomers with chiral carbons and assign configuration using the R/S system of nomenclature.
- Discuss electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions and predict the orientation of substitution in benzene derivatives.
- Describe the effect of solvent polarity on the separation of organic compounds by thin-layer chromatography.
- Carry out procedures in the laboratory to isolate and purify organic liquids and solids.
- Identify functional groups in compounds from their infrared spectra.
- Interpret simple nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.
Effective as of Winter 2011
Related Programs
Organic Chemistry 1 (CHEM 2409) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Energy
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering Technology
Diploma Full-time
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