CHEM1333

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CHEM 1333 - Chemical Reactivity (4 Cr.) Physical Sciences

R Learning Innovation, Ctr for (12076) RCHA - UMR Chancellor's Office

Course description

This course focuses on the following topics: Organic functional groups and organic structure. NMR and IR spectroscopic analysis. Conformational analysis. Stereochemistry: configurational isomerism and R/S descriptors. Introduction to Kinetic and Thermodynamic principles of reaction. Acid/Base: proton transfer, pKa, and acidity. Common themes in organic mechanisms of reaction: electrophile, nucleophile, organic reagents. Kinetics of SN1, SN2, E1, and E2. Nucleophilic addition and nucleophilic elimination. Carbocation rearrangement. Experimental Laboratory: laboratory techniques in organic chemistry, including chromatography, extraction, polarimetry.

prereq: C- or better in 1331

Minimum credits

4

Maximum credits

4

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

AFV - A-F or Audit

Laboratory

Lecture

Requirements

011979

This course fulfills the following General Education requirement(s)

Physical Sciences

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring