Chemistry 202 - Organic Chemistry I
Fall
2019
02
4.00
Darren Hamilton;Gary Snyder
TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM;F 08:30AM-09:20AM
Mount Holyoke College
108318
Kendade 305;Kendade 305
hamilton@mtholyoke.edu;gsnyder@mtholyoke.edu
Introduces organic chemistry, emphasizing the principles governing broad classes of reactions. Topics include stereochemistry, nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions, the chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, and ethers, and an introduction to infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Laboratory work includes synthesis, practice in the techniques of distillation, crystallization, chromatography, molecular modeling, and identifying unknown organic compounds by chemical and spectroscopic means.
This course is limited to Biochemistry majors only.; Prereq: CHEM-201.; Coreq: CHEM-202L.
As a consequence of the Chemistry Department's curricular changes for 2019-2020, enrollment in this class is initially limited to Biochemistry majors only. Non-biochem majors, to indicate your interest in the class and to provide your declared or int
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.