For the most part aliphatic compounds are treated. The laboratory work, consisting of one four-hour laboratory period per week, introduces the student to various techniques and stresses preparative procedures of typical organic compounds. This continuation of 205 increases emphasis on the chemistry of aromatics, heterocycles, and natural products. The laboratory work is more quantitative and introduces the use and theory of various spectral methods. This study combines the intermediary metabolic pathways and corresponding chemical structure with an overview of enzyme mechanism and kinetics, bioenergetics, and macromolecular biosynthetic pathways.
Students participate in a four-hour lab period each week.
Laboratory work consists of classical separations, qualitative organic analysis, and use of spectral techniques to identify organic unknowns. Use of the chemical literature, including complete literature searches to aid in syntheses and subsequent reports, is emphasized. The class meets one evening per week at Argonne National Laboratory. 2 hours 324 Individual Research Must be arranged with a member of the chemistry department prior to registration. A study of gas laws, chemical and physical equilibria, thermodynamics, and kinetic molecular theory.