Laboratory experiments supplement lecture material presented in CHE 154. An advanced treatment of chemical equilibrium and its application to the quantitative analysis of chemical substances. Emphasizes gravimetric, volumetric, spectrophotometric and potentiometric methods of analysis. A study of the chemical properties and reactions of carbon and its derivatives. Topics include bonding, nomenclature, stereo chemistry, substitution, elimination and free radical reactions, organometallic compounds, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and the chemistry of alkyl halides, alcohols, epoxides, glycols, alkenes and alkynes.
Experiments focus on organic laboratory techniques and synthetic organic chemistry.
A continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Topics include the chemistry of benzene, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, polycyclic and heterocyclic compounds, condensation reactions, and special topics such as carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins or pericyclic reactions. Experiments involve qualitative organic analysis, IR and NMR spectroscopy and organic synthesis. A study of the chemical properties and biological functions of the atoms, molecules, macromolecules and macromolecular complexes that contribute to living systems. Topics include pH, structure and function of carbohydrates, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, enzyme kinetics, the major metabolic cycles and their cellular control processes, and the mechanisms of hormone action. Also covers the specialized metabolism of several organs and tissues, starvation, diabetes mellitus and alcoholism.