Organic Chemistry II

Catalog description

CHEM 3223. Organic Chemistry II. Study of the IUPAC naming system, molecular structure, and chemical reactivity. Topics include hybridization, resonance, and aromaticity; acidity and basicity trends; and electrophilic and nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Examination of conjugated systems, carbonyl-containing compounds, and enolate chemistries. Survey of common oxidation and reduction transformations and the application of IR and NMR spectroscopy for structural determination. Prerequisite: CHEM 2213 with a grade of C or higher. Co-requisite: CHEM 3221 . Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.