Course
Description: CHEM 202 is a one-semester,
comprehensive course that introduces the students to the fundamental
principles
of organic chemistry including relationships between the molecular
structure of
organic compounds and their macroscopic properties.
Some of the principles are illustrated with a
variety of examples from nature and everyday life. The course covers
the following
topics: alkanes; alkenes, including polymers; alkynes; benzene and
aromaticity;
alcohols and phenols; ethers; aldehydes; ketones; carboxylic acids and
their
acyl derivatives; amines; alkyl halides; nomenclature; stereochemistry,
including conformational analysis and chirality. Chemical
reactions of the functional groups
will be discussed along with the mechanistic details, including
stereospecificity, of some of these processes. Biological
molecules such as carbohydrates, lipids,
steroids, peptides/proteins
and nucleic acids, along with their importance in living systems, will
be
surveyed..
