Organic Chemistry II

3 credit hours · Undergraduate

This course is for science students intending to go on to more advanced organic chemistry. Topics include: reaction mechanism as a means of understanding reactivity, introduction to synthesis design, the structure, nomenclature, physical properties, synthesis, and reactivity of monofunctional organic compounds: alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, and phenols.