Course Overview
This course covers the nomenclature, properties, preparations, and reactions of aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, amines, amino acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. Laboratory work involves the synthesis of a variety of compounds, isolation and purification techniques, qualitative and quantitative analysis using instrumentation. Students should be fluent with the following topics from CHEM 3338: nomenclature of hydrocarbons, alkenes, and alcohols, assign stereochemistry (R,S / E,Z), draw the mechanism of a substitution / elimination reaction, identify the hybridization used in bonding, resonance structures, proton NMR and IR spectroscopy.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
6.5
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Use the IUPAC and common naming system for classes of organic compounds.
- Identify functional groups in structures.
- Explain trends in physical properties.
- Predict the reagent, reactant, or product in a reaction.
- Draw a mechanism for the conversion of a reactant to a product.
- Design a multi-step synthetic route.
- Identify compounds using spectroscopic data.
- Predict the ideal spectrum of a compound.
- Carry out the synthesis and purification of compounds in the lab.
- Discuss the applications of organic chemistry in industry.
Effective as of Winter 2007
Related Programs
Organic Chemistry 2 for Biotechnology (CHEM 4438) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Health Sciences
- Honours in Biotechnology
Bachelor of Science Full-time
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