Organic Chemistry I

Catalog description

This course is the first semester of a two-semester sequence in Organic Chemistry for students pursuing chemistry, biochemistry, medical or engineering professions. Topics covered are meant to build basic skills and knowledge in nomenclature, functional groups, molecular structure and analysis, reactivity and synthesis. Laboratory is required and covers the general techniques needed in organic synthesis and spectroscopic analysis methods. Face-to-face: lecture meets three hours per week and the lab is four hours per week. Hybrid: lecture is fully online with an in-person hour each week for questions and exams, and lab is face-to-face for four hours per week. 3 lecture hours, 4 lab hours.