CHEM 421 - Organic Chemistry II

    Recent Professors
    Binh C. Dao, Ling Huang
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    CHEM 420 with a grade of "C" or better
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This course is a lecture-laboratory course that is a continuation of CHEM 420. Lecture topics include the chemistry of ethers, epoxides, conjugated dienes, aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, enolate condensation, amines, phenols, polymerization reactions, and selected biologically important compounds. The course also includes continued application of spectroscopic methods (IR, NMR, UV-vis and MS) applied to organic chemistry. Laboratory emphasis is on the preparation, isolation, quantitation, purification, identification, and mechanism elucidation using both traditional and instrumental techniques. Students will continue to expand their ability to operate and utilize a variety of modern chemical instrumentation: Gas Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:30am–12:50pm, Mon Wed 8:00am–11:15am, Tue Thu 11:30am–12:50pm, Tue Thu 8:00am–11:05am