This is an introductory course in organic and biochemistry. It fulfills the undergraduate requirement for organic chemistry required for Home Economics and Nursing majors. The laboratory emphasizes the quantitative aspects of chemistry and instrumentation. This course is planned primarily for science majors and engineering majors and pre-medical majors. Special topics including chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, coordination chemistry, organic and biological chemistry with environmental emphasis, nuclear chemistry.
Inorganic preparations are part of the laboratory.
The objective are to show the overall organization of classes of organic compounds, factors involved in classification, characteristic reactions of functional groups and subgroups, the application of physical and chemical methods of characterizing organic compounds. A mechanistic approach to reactions and a focus on multi-step synthesis will be emphasized throughout the course. The first objective is to complete the study begun in Chemistry 211 of the organic functional groups of aldehydes, ketones carboxylic acids and amines. A mechanistic approach to reactions and a focus on multistep synthesis will be emphasized throughout the course.