CHM310 Basic Organic Chemistry I

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is for pre-health professionals. Material covered includes electronic structure, and bonding, acid-base in organic chemistry, organic compounds and their nomenclature, physical properties, structures, reactions and reactivity of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, alcohols, amines, ethers, and epoxides. Aromatic systems and their reactions: substitutions (nucleophilic, electrophilic) and eliminations; central role of carbonyl compounds and their reactions, structure determination and the chemistry of biomolecules are also covered.

Prerequisite: CHM200 Essentials of Chemistry or CHM201 Chemical Principles