CHEM& 241 - Organic Chem I

Credits: 4
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: For students majoring in chemistry or biology, or pursuing graduate degrees in medicine or pharmacy. Acid base chemistry, alkanes, stereochemistry, mechanisms, substitution reactions, alkene preparation and reactions, alkyne preparation and reactions.

Prerequisite: CHEM& 163 with a grade of C or higher (or concurrent enrollment).
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Propose mechanisms for and/or predict products of acid-base, substitution, elimination, and addition reactions.
Name alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.
Classify isomeric relationships between molecules.
Propose multiple methods for synthesizing alkenes and alkynes.

Course Contents

Acid-base reactions, curved arrows and general concepts of reaction mechanisms, Sn1 and Sn2 mechanisms, E1 and E2 mechanisms, and alkene and alkyne addition reactions.
IUPAC and common nomenclature of alkanes (including alkyl halides), alkenes, and alkynes.
Isomerism, chirality, Newmand and Fischer projections, and optical activity.
Synthesis of alkenes and alkynes.

Instructional Units: 4