Course Overview
This course will introduce the student to organic chemistry. The nomenclature, physical properties, and reactivities of the more common classes of organic compounds are discussed with special attention given to industrial chemicals and organics that are environmental hazards.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Identify and name the common functional groups present in organic compounds.
- Draw complete and condensed structural formulas of organic compounds.
- Apply IUPAC names to the major classes of organic compounds.
- Draw structures and give trade names of common industrial chemicals.
- Distinguish between polar and non-polar compounds.
- Describe the nature of London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces and hydrogen bonds.
- Describe the effect of intermolecular forces on boiling points and solubilities of organic compounds.
- Predict the products of common reactions of the major classes of organic compounds.
- Identify the types of organic compounds which are of environmental concern.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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