Organic Chemistry II

Course Description

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CHEM 201. Second course in a two-semester sequence in elementary organic chemistry. Investigates the structure, nomenclature, and properties (physical, chemical, spectral, and stereochemical) of aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids and derivatives, aldehydes and ketones, amines, heterocyclic compounds, and selected biochemical compounds. Explores the chemical reactions of these organic compounds along with their associated mechanisms, kinetics