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 Department:    CHEM&

 Course #:    241

 Credits:    4

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    400504

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

For students majoring in chemistry or biology, or pursuing graduate degrees in medicine or pharmacy. Acid base chemistry, alkanes, stereochemistry, mechanisms, substitution reactions, alkene preparation and reactions, alkyne preparation and reactions.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: CHEM& 163 with a grade of "C" or higher (or concurrent enrollment).

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Propose mechanisms for and/or predict products of acid-base, substitution, elimination, and addition reactions.
2. Name alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.
3. Classify isomeric relationships between molecules.
4. Propose multiple methods for synthesizing alkenes and alkynes.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Acid-base reactions, curved arrows and general concepts of reaction mechanisms, Sn1 and Sn2 mechanisms, E1 and E2 mechanisms, and alkene and alkyne addition reactions
2. IUPAC and common nomenclature of alkanes (including alkyl halides), alkenes, and alkynes
3. Isomerism, chirality, Newmand and Fischer projections, and optical activity
4. Synthesis of alkenes and alkynes