Overview
Description
Detailed treatment of organic molecules, simple functional groups, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, introductory synthesis, and spectroscopy. For chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and other pre-professional majors. Credit allowed in only one of CHEM 220A, CHEM 241, or CHEM 341.
Requirements
Prerequisites
CHEM 202CHEM 122ACHEM 122L
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
CHEM 202 (CHEM 122A and CHEM 122L acceptable).
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- draw correct organic structures from names and vice-versa, including stereochemistry, and distinguish isomers.
- identify and explain different bonding concepts including resonance and formal charges.
- apply fundamental principles of thermodynamics, kinetics and acid-base behavior to organic reactions.
- predict products, reagents, and starting materials in substitution, elimination, and addition reactions applied to alkyl halides, alkenes and alkynes, correctly utilizing arrow pushing mechanisms, and applying stereo-, chemo-, and regioselectivity concepts.
- devise simple multi-step organic syntheses.
- predict organic structures from proton and carbon NMR spectroscopy experiments.