CHEM& 263 - Organic Chemistry with Lab III

5 credits

Prerequisites
A grade of “C” or better in CHEM& 262.

This course is a continuation of CHEM& 262 for students desiring three quarters of organic chemistry. Topics include FMO theory, nonclassical carbocations, heterocycles, rearrangements, amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids. Laboratory included.

Theory Hours
4 theory hours.

Guided Practice Hours
3 guided practice hours.

AA Specified Elective
Satisfies specified elective requirement for the AA degree.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Apply organic reactions to functional group transformations.
Predict reaction products of nucleophiles to carbonyl compounds.
Apply kinetics and thermodynamics to carbonyl condensation reactions.
Apply organic chemistry principles to biologically important molecules such as amines, carbohydrates, amino-acids, proteins lipids, nucleic acids.
Apply the principles of organic mechanisms to polymerization.

Upon successful completion of this laboratory, students will be able to:
Practice proper safe laboratory practices.
Develop advanced organic synthetic techniques for synthesis.
Use spectroscopy techniques to identify unknown organic molecules.
Maintain a detailed scientific notebook.