CHE 212 Organic Chemistry I

4 Credit(s)

Introduction to chemistry of carbon compounds. Survey of the principal classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds and their reactions. The application of the techniques of synthetic organic chemistry to the preparation and purification of simple organic compounds is taken up in the laboratory. Required of Chemistry and Biology Majors. Three lecture hours, and one three-hour laboratory per week. This course, with CHE 130 satisfies the full year sequence in a laboratory science. Prerequisite: CHE 130.