Course Overview
Covers the classification of organic compounds, naming using IUPAC, common and trade names of many industrial chemicals, factors affecting boiling point and solubility, theory of extractions, preparation and reactions of alkanes, alkenes and alkyl halides, sources and uses of hydrocarbons, stereochemistry, and structure determination using IR and NMR spectroscopy. 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)
- 50% in CHEM 2201
Credits
6.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Explain trends in physical properties (solubility, melting point, boiling point) of compounds based on the types of intermolecular attractive forces.
- Propose extractive procedures for the separation of organic mixtures.
- Predict the order of Rf values in the chromatographic separation of organic compounds.
- Describe the general reactions that alkanes and alkenes undergo.
- Identify sources of hydrocarbons.
- Describe several preparations of alkenes.
- Explain the use of alkenes in the production of addition polymers.
- Show examples of the conformational isomers of cyclohexane and substituted cyclohexanes.
- Explain optical isomerism and optical activity.
- Describe several preparations of alkyl halides.
- Explain nucleophilic substitution reactions (SN1 and SN2).
- Carry out procedures in the laboratory to isolate and purify organic liquids and solids.
- Determine the class of organic compound based on qualitative tests to identify the functional group.
- Carry out sample preparations for infrared analysis.
- Classify organic compounds according to their infrared spectra.
- Interpret simple nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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