Selected topics of current interest in chemistry and biochemistry. Emphasizes problems of social significance, such as antibiotics, pesticides, drugs, food additives, and pollution. See NASC 303. Also PHYS 303. Synthesis, structure, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, and organic spectroscopy.
Lab includes synthesis and organic analysis, using separations.
IR, NMR Spectra. CHEM 201 and 202 or instructor s approval. Continuation of 311. Includes introductory molecular orbital calculations and Woodward Hoffman rules. Introduces cellular metabolism and gene expression.