CHEM 008B - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

    Recent Professors
    Peter Castro, John Hanley, Gidget Tay, Noel Rico-Corrales
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    21 students
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    CHEM 008A
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CHEM 008B
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3
    Description
    Second semester course in a 2-semester sequence covering organic chemistry for science majors. A mechanistic approach to the reactions of alcohols, phenols, ethers and epoxides, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives and amines. Photochemistry, organic redox, polymerization, rearrangements, synthesis and an introduction to biochemical molecules. Qualitative analysis, natural products, multistep synthesis and kinetics. Total of 54 hours lecture and 108 hours laboratory.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 8:45am–10:10am, Thu 1:00pm–5:25pm, Tue Thu 10:30am–11:55am, Tue Thu 7:00am–8:25am