Apr 24, 2024  
2019-2020 College Catalog 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  Letter from the President
  About MassBay
  Admissions
  Enrollment
  Financial Aid
  Tuition & Fees
  Academic Information
  Academic Policy
  Student Life
  Online and Hybrid Education
  Academic Programs
  Course Descriptions
  College Regulations & Policies
  Administration, Faculty and Staff
HELP
2019-2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CH 201 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I w/LAB



Organic Chemistry I is the first semester 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. This course is designed to meet the needs of STEM major programs. Typical majors taking this course include biotechnology and life science. 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. Math skills of at least a one-hundred-level MA course are required. Prerequisites: CH 110, CH 120, and a one-hundred-level MA course or higher (not MAC).Lecture: 3 hours per week Lab: 3 hours per week 4 credits 4 Credits Prerequisites: CH 110, CH 120, and a one-hundred-level MA course or higher (not MAC).