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HCHEM-461-DL
Course Overview
This course offers you the opportunity to learn the nature of carbon in organic compounds. It presents general principles of organic chemistry related to structure, stereochemistry, nomenclature, synthesis, uses, and reactions of alcohols, ethers, aliphatic hydrocarbons (Alkanes, alkynes, alkenes, Cycloalkanes), aldehydes, ketones, aldols, carboxylic acids and lipids, amines, phenols, amino acids, and proteins, and /or carbohydrates. You'll also have an opportunity to learn Spectroscopic methods of structure determination.