CH 231 - Organic Chemistry II (CBL-R)

This is a Community-Based Learning - Required (CBL-R)  course.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
Prerequisite: CH 230 or permission of instructor.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe and investigate properties of new functional groups and molecular structures using fundamental principles of bonding, stereochemistry, and conformational analysis.
• Examine, predict, and explain reactivity patterns of organic functional groups by employing (1) electron flow arrow-pushing mechanisms, (2) molecular orbital interactions, and (3) principles of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics. Students will do this in the context of the following reaction types: electrophilic additions to C-C -bonds, nucleophilic additions to C-O - bonds, chemistry at the alpha position, and conjugate addition.
• Propose multi-step syntheses of simple small organic molecules using functional group manipulations and retrosynthetic analysis.
• Plan and execute multi-step organic synthesis of small molecules by employing basic organic laboratory techniques including reaction set-up, and the isolation, purification, and spectroscopic characterization of compounds.