CHEM 12A - Organic Chemistry

    Recent Professors
    Rachel Moller
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    30 students
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    CHEM 1B
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This is the first semester of a year-long organic chemistry course designed for chemistry majors, pre-professional medical, biology, and science majors. Topics include nomenclature, stereochemistry, mechanisms, reactions and spectroscopic studies of organic compounds. Lecture and laboratory methods will focus on synthesis, isolation, purification, elucidation, and identification of organic structures, as well as instrumental methods and data interpretation. (C-ID: CHEM 150, CHEM 160S) PREREQUISITE: CHEM 1B.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 2:30pm–5:35pm