ELEMENTARY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 104 , 109 , or 116 . Not open to students with credit for CHEM 343 or 345 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct and use an electron pushing mechanism or reaction energy profile to evaluate the validity of claims as to the outcome of a chemical process. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate structural representations to explain observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, orbital overlap and energy. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct and use a reaction energy profile to justify why a particular reaction system is likely to produce the product formed most quickly or which is most stable. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and justify a multi-step synthetic route capable of feasibly generating a molecular target from specified starting materials. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct and use an electron pushing mechanism or reaction energy profile to evaluate the validity of claims as to the outcome of a chemical process. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate structural representations to explain observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, orbital overlap and energy. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct and use a reaction energy profile to justify why a particular reaction system is likely to produce the product formed most quickly or which is most stable. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and justify a multi-step synthetic route capable of feasibly generating a molecular target from specified starting materials. Audience: Undergraduate