CHEM 2020 Organic Chemistry II

4 (3 lecture; 1 lab) Credit Hour(s)

This is the last of a two-semester science course for science majors and pre-professional students. The course is a systematic study of the fundamental principles of organic chemistry with interpretation of structure and properties based upon modern atomic and molecular theory. Topics include aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds, aromatic substitutions and eliminations, carbonyl chemistry, reductions and oxidations of carbon-containing species, retrosynthetic analysis, spectroscopy, and pericyclic, radical, and polymeric reactivity.
Student Learning Outcomes:
The primary goal of this course is to prepare the student for upper-level/elective chemistry courses.  

Students will learn: 

MO theory analysis of conjugated pi and aromatic systems and aromatic compound reactivity
Pericyclic reactions
Organometallic coupling reactions
Nucleophilic acyl addition reactions
Nucleophilic acyl substitution
Enolates and amines
Synthetic polymers
Advanced spectroscopic structural determination of organic compounds with FTIR, ESI-MS, and NMR
Multistep synthesis

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2010