CHEM& 242 - Organic Chem II

Credits: 4
Variable Credit Course: No

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

Course Description: A continuation of CHEM& 241. For students majoring in chemistry or biology, or pursuing graduate degrees in medicine or pharmacy. Radical reactions, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, preparation and reactions of alcohols, ethers, and epoxides, conjugated systems and pericyclic reactions, aromaticity and aromatic substitution reactions.

Prerequisite: Both CHEM& 163 and CHEM& 241 with a grade of C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Name alcohols, ethers, and derivatives of benzene.
Propose mechanisms for and/or predict products of radical halogenation and the reactions of alcohols, ethers and epoxides, conjugated systems, and the derivates of benzene.
Propose multiple methods for synthesizing alcohols, ethers and epoxides, dienes, and derivatives of benzene.
Use data from a spectrometer to determine the functionality and/or structure of a molecule.

Course Contents

IUPAC and common nomenclature of alcohols, ethers, and derivatives of benzene.
Radical halogenation, oxidation-reduction, organometallic reactions, ring-opening of epoxides, pericyclic reactions, electrophilic aromatic substitution, and nucleophilic aromatic substitution.
Synthesis of alcohols, ethers, epoxides, dienes, and derivatives of benzene.
Theory of infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Analysis of data obtained from infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Instructional Units: 4