CHEM 2101

(3 credits) 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours lab This is a first course in a sequence of introductory organic chemistry. Topics to be covered include structure and its effects on reactivity, nomenclature, stereochemistry, spectroscopy, reaction types such as substitution, elimination and addition from a mechanistic perspective, and an introduction to synthesis. The laboratory component of the course is designed to reinforce lecture topics and to further develop skills and competencies necessary in modern chemistry laboratories.