Reactivity of alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols and ethers are approached mechanistically. Laboratories stress synthesis, separation and analysis. Four lecture hours, three laboratory hours weekly. A continuation of CHM 211. Includes structure and reactivity of aromatics aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives.
Mechanism is stressed.
Four lecture hours, four laboratory hours weekly. A laboratory module introducing the student to qualitative and quantitative visible and ultraviolet spectrophotometry. A laboratory module introducing the student to cellulose acetate and slab-gel electrophoresis. A practical analysis problem in which each student will select an appropriate problem, search the scientific literature to develop an appropriate laboratory procedure to solve the problem, and carry out the analysis. Includes the preparation and oral presentation of a scientific paper based on the literature review, methodology, and analysis of the results.