Advanced Organic Synthesis

Catalog description

A one semester course that includes an advanced organic chemistry synthesis laboratory. The lecture part covers modern synthetically useful reactions and their applications. The intensive laboratory offers the students an introduction to organic synthesis research, including the use of modern reagents and instruments. Students will become acquainted with techniques of preparation, purification and spectroscopic identifications of organic compounds. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.