Organic Chemistry II

Catalog description

In continuation of CHM2210C Organic Chemistry I - the relationships between functional groups and properties of organic compounds will be discussed. Infrared, NMR, and mass spectroscopy will be used for identification of organic compounds and for structure analysis. The transition state theory is applied to interpret the nucleophilic addition reactions, the carbanion condensation reactions, the interconversions of carbonyl compounds and the nucleophilic acyl substitution of carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Biochemical topics, i.e. lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins are included.