Course Description
First semester of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry for honors students covering advanced aspects of nomenclature, structures, and reactions of organic compounds.
Athena Title
ADV ORG CHEM I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2211 or CHEM 2411
Prerequisite
(CHEM 1212 or CHEM 1312H or CHEM 1412) and permission of Honors
Corequisite
CHEM 2311L
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A. Understand the atomic and molecular basis of organic chemistry. B. Understand the impact of organic chemistry on the fields of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, biology, and physics and its impact on the global economy. C. Understand the fundamental principles of molecular structure and shape as they relate to organic molecules and their properties. D. Understand fundamental acid/base and electrophile/nuleophile reactions in organic chemistry. E. Identify organic molecules by functional group: alkane, alkene, alkyne, haloalkane, alcohol, thiol, ether, sulfide, amine, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid derivatives. F. Understand the chemistry of organic functional groups. G. Understand organic nomenclature and symbolism. H. Understand basic principles of valence bond and molecular orbital theory. I. Understand electron delocalization and its effect on stability and reactivity. J. Understand reaction mechanisms and electron movement using the curved-arrow formalism. K. Learn the fundamental principles of functional group interconversion and organic synthesis. L. Understand analytical tools for organic structure determination, including MS, NMR, IR, and UV-Vis.
Topical Outline
I. Structure and Bonding a. Polar Covalent Bonds b. Resonance c. Acids and Bases II. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes III.Stereochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes IV. Organic Reactions a. Thermodynamics b. Equilibria c. Kinetics d. Mechanisms V. Alkenes a. Structure and Reactivity b. Reactions and Synthesis VI. Alkynes a. Introduction to Synthesis VII. Stereochemistry VIII. Structure Determination a. Mass Spectrometry b. Infrared Spectroscopy c. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy IX. Alkyl Halides a. Nucleophilic Substitutions b. Eliminations c. Resonance effects d. Rearrangements e. Reactions of Alkyl Halides
General Education Core
CORE II: Physical SciencesSyllabus