Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Catalog description

This course is a one-term overview of organic chemistry intended for students in the health science fields. Nomenclature, properties and reactivity are covered for major organic functional groups, including alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, amides, alcohols, thiols, and sulfides. Emphasis is on those compounds, reactions and properties of biochemical importance.