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CH 201 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I w/LAB



Part one of a two-semester science majors level course on the facts and principles of chemistry as they apply to carbon-based compounds. The course has a mandatory lab that complements the lecture. Topics include re-emphasis of lab safety; mixture separation techniques; spectroscopy; Lewis, Valence and Molecular Orbital bonding theory; representing organic compounds; acid-base theory; relationship between structure and properties - including polarity, stability, acidity and physical properties; stereochemistry; nomenclature; patterns in the physical and chemical properties of aliphatic cyclic and acyclic alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides and alcohols; applying the principles of thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanism to substitution, addition, redox and elimination reactions. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Lab: 3 hours per week. 4 Credits Prerequisite: CH120