Organic Chemistry III: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Biomolecules

4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 30B with grade of C– or better. Third term of organic chemistry for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and engineering majors. Chemistry of enolates, enamines, dicarbonyl compounds, and amines. Molecular orbital theory and conjugated pi systems; UV/vis spectroscopy. Aromaticity and reactions of aromatic molecules. Heterocycles, pericyclic reactions, carbohydrates, and lipids. P/NP or letter grading.