Teaching

CH 221: Organic Chemistry I

First of a two-course sequence dealing with the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds from simple aliphatic hydrocarbons to alcohols. Prerequisite: CH 122 with a grade of C- or better. 4 Credit Hours

CH 222: Organic Chemistry II

Continuation of CH 221. Structure, properties, reactions, and synthesis of carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acid derivatives, aromatic compounds, carbohydrates, amino acids, and nucleic acids are examined. Prerequisite: CH 221 with a grade of C- or better. 4 Credit Hours

CH 422: Advanced Organic Chemistry

Conformational analysis, stereoelectronics, pericyclic reactions, cycloadditions, additions to olefins, polyketide biosynthesis. The lab focuses on structure determination and learning to operate the NMR, IR and mass spectrometers to generate both one- and two-dimensional NMR data. Prerequisite: CH 222 with grade of “C-“ or better. 4 Credit Hours

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