CHEM 212Organic Chemistry II
Continuation of CHEM 210 . Emphasis is placed on the role of organic reactions in biological chemistry. CHEM 212 CHEM 212 Organic Chemistry II (3) This course will continue to build upon the important concepts learned in the prerequisite course, CHEM 210 , with an emphasis on reactions mechanisms and organic synthesis. The course will begin with conceptually new material that will be applied in the laboratory course, namely, the elucidation of the structures of organic compounds using mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The majority of the new material is concerned with the chemistry of carbonyl compounds and includes: 1) the nucleophilic addition reactions of ketones and aldehydes; 2) nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions of acid chlorides, anhydrides, esters and amides; 3) carbonyl alpha-substitution reactions and 4) carbonyl condensation reactions. The latter part of the course will be concerned with biologically relevant compounds such as amines, amino acids/peptides/proteins and carbohydrates.
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S. (Berks)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S. (Science)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Minor
- Chemical Engineering, B.S.
- Chemistry, B.S. (Behrend)
- Chemistry, B.S. (Science)
- Chemistry, Minor
- Forensic Science, B.S.
- Immunology and Infectious Disease, B.S.
- Microbiology, B.S.
- Neurobiology, B.S.
- Pharmacology and Toxicology, B.S.
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- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Behrend)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Capital)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Health and Human Development)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (University College)
Courses that list CHEM 212 as a prerequisite (17)
- BMB 400 Molecular Biology of the Gene
- BMB 401 General Biochemistry
- BMB 401H General Biochemistry
- BMB 406 Molecular Biology
- CHE 340 Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering
- CHE 438 Bioprocess Engineering
- CHEM 213 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 213M Laboratory in Organic Chemistry - Honors, Writing Intensive
- CHEM 213W Laboratory in Organic Chemistry - Writing Intensive
- CHEM 400 Chemical Literature
- CHEM 402 Environment Chemistry: Atmosphere
- CHEM 404 Environmental Chemistry: Water and Soil
- CHEM 432 Organic Reaction Mechanisms
- CHEM 448 Surface Chemistry
- CHEM 472 General Biochemistry I
- CHEM 476 Biological Chemistry
- FRNSC 420 Advanced Molecular Biology for Forensic Scientists