CHEM 201 — Organic Chemistry I
3 Lecture Hours, 3 Lab Hours, 4 Credits Prerequisites: CHEM 102 Course Fees: C, H This is the first semester of a two-semester sequential course presenting the basic principles of organic chemistry. Topics include bonding and molecular structure, functional groups, an introduction to organic reactions, nomenclature of alkanes and cycloalkanes, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions, properties and synthesis of alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, and ethers, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and H- 1 and C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Laboratory exercises involve practice in microscale synthesis, separation, purification and analysis techniques of organic compounds including hands-on operation of modern instrumental methods such as gas chromatography (GC), FTIR and NMR. General Education Category: Science – Scientific Knowledge & Reasoning (SKR)