BIO 232E - Organic Chem. for Biologists

Course Objectives

1. To teach the basic concepts and principles of organic chemistry
2. To improve the ability of students to solve organic chemical problems
3. Provide an understanding of the chemical background of molecular biology

Course Description

Atomic and molecular orbitals, hybridization, molecular geometry, conformation, stereochemistry, resonance and inductive effect, acid and base, dipole moment, saturated hydrocarbons (alkane, cycloalkane), unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkene, alkyne), alcohols and ethers, aldehydes and ketones, amines, carboxylic acids and derivatives, aromatic compounds, radicals, macromolecules, important reactions of organic molecules, catalysis