Course Overview
The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of organic chemistry: Structure, bonding, functional groups, nomenclature of classes and of compounds, chirality and geometric isomerism; physical and chemical properties of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, haloalkanes, alcohols and ethers. Kinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions; introduction to spectroscopy. The laboratory component of this course includes Functional Group Tests as well as simple preparations of some organic molecules.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in CHEM 2100
Credits
6.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Identify and name the major classes of organic compounds.
- Write structural formulas for organic molecules based on their systematic names.
- Outline preparations and properties of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
- Outline addition-polymerization reactions of alkenes.
- Describe methods of preparing alkyl halides and how to name them.
- Outline preparations and properties of organomagnesium halides.
- Describe the physical and chemical properties of alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids.
- Differentiate between chiral and achiral molecules.
- Apply the absolute configurations R and S to name and draw chiral structures.
- Describe the chemical and physical properties of enantiomers.
- Illustrate the stereochemistry in some reaction mechanisms.
- Describe the energy changes during reactions by considering both rates and equilibria.
- Draw a reaction energy diagram.
- Explain nucleophilic substitution (SN1 and SN2) and elimination (E1 and E2) reactions.
- Carry out sample preparations for infrared analysis.
- Interpret simple nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.
- Deduce structures from experimental evidence.
- Propose products of reactions and design syntheses.
Effective as of Fall 2006
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