CHEM 008BORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

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Prerequisite: CHEM 008A. Second semester course in a 2-semester sequence covering organic chemistry for science majors. A mechanistic approach to the reactions of alcohols, phenols, ethers and epoxides, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives and amines. Photochemistry, organic redox, polymerization, rearrangements, synthesis and an introduction to biochemical molecules. Qualitative analysis, natural products, multistep synthesis and kinetics. Total of 54 hours lecture and 108 hours laboratory. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC Grade Mode: L, P, A