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CHEM 12C: Organic Chemistry

• 5 Units
• Hours: Three hours lecture, six hours laboratory.
• Materials Fee: $2.00
• General Education Status: Non-GE
• Degree Status: Degree Applicable
• Credit Status: Credit - Degree applicable
• Grading Method: Letter Grade

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: Chemistry 12B with a grade of C or better. Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5.

Course Description:

An exploration of the physical properties and chemical behavior of important classes of organic compounds, focusing on amines, carboxylic acids, and carboxylic acid derivatives, with an introduction to the chemistry of terpenes, lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins. Emphasis on retrosynthesis, spectroscopic structure determination, and reaction mechanism. Laboratory experiments involving the multi-step synthesis of organic compounds and characterize those compounds using chromatography and infrared (IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. For chemistry majors or those in closely allied fields such as biochemistry and chemical engineering.

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