ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 345 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Honors - Accelerated Honors (!) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Design, justify, and evaluate multi-step synthetic routes capable of efficiently generating a molecular target from specified starting materials, with an emphasis on modern organic chemistry and natural product synthesis. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate structural representations to rationalize observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, constructive orbital overlap, and energy differences. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct and use an electron-pushing mechanism or potential energy surface to evaluate the validity of claims as to the outcome of a chemical process (e.g., pericyclic reactions and carbonyl reactions). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Construct and use catalytic cycles to rationalize and predict the outcome of simple organometallic reactions. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Design, justify, and evaluate multi-step synthetic routes capable of efficiently generating a molecular target from specified starting materials, with an emphasis on modern organic chemistry and natural product synthesis. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate structural representations to rationalize observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, constructive orbital overlap, and energy differences. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct and use an electron-pushing mechanism or potential energy surface to evaluate the validity of claims as to the outcome of a chemical process (e.g., pericyclic reactions and carbonyl reactions). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Construct and use catalytic cycles to rationalize and predict the outcome of simple organometallic reactions. Audience: Undergraduate