CHEM& 243 - Organic Chem III

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 33
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: A continuation of CHEM& 242. For students majoring in chemistry or biology, or pursuing graduate degrees in medicine or pharmacy. Preparation and reactions of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and amines, alpha carbon chemistry, and synthetic polymers.

Prerequisite: CHEM& 242 with a grade of C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Name aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and amines.
Propose mechanisms for and/or predict products of the reactions of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, enols and enolates, and amines.
Propose multiple methods for synthesizing aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, and synthetic polymers.

Course Contents

IUPAC and common nomenclature of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and amines.
Nucleophilic addition, conversion between the derivatives of carboxylic acids, reactions of alpha carbons, conjugate addition, and polymerization.
Synthesis of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, and synthetic polymers.

Instructional Units: 3