Description
This is a continuation of Freshman Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 125a), the introductory course on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry for students with excellent preparation in chemistry and physics. This semester treats simple and complex reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, organic synthesis, and some molecules of nature.
Course Takeaways
- Learn about reaction mechanisms and synthesis
- Spectroscopy
- How mechanisms are discovered, proved, and understood.
- Substitution and elimination reactions
- Carbonyl chemistry the concepts of oxidation and Reduction
- Complex Synthesis of unnatural and natural products
Meet the Instructors
J. Michael McBride is the Richard M. Colgate Professor of Chemistry at Yale University. After undergraduate work at the College of Wooster and Harvard College Professor McBride earned a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry at Harvard University. He joined the Yale Chemistry faculty in 1966, where he studies crystal growth and reactions in organic solids. His awards include the Prelog Medal, the Nobel Laureate Signature Award in Graduate Education, and the Catalyst Award of the Chemical Manufacturers Association for undergraduate education. Further details on his life, research, and teaching are available in Crystal Growth & Design, 2005, 5 (6), pp 2022–2035.
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