CHEM 012B - Organic Chemistry

    Recent Professors
    Alam Jahangir
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    24 students
    Difficulty
    7.0Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    CHEM 012A with C or better.
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    The second semester of a year-long organic chemistry course designed to follow Chemistry 12A. Students will study topics including nomenclature, stereochemistry, mechanisms, reactions, and spectroscopic studies of aliphatic and aromatic alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, and other classes of organic and biological compounds. Students will use problem-solving techniques in order to elucidate mechanistic and structural and stereochemical features of reactions and molecules, respectively. In lectures and laboratory students will implement methods that focus on synthesis, isolation, purification, elucidation and identification of organic structures, instrumental methods and data interpretation.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 6:00pm–7:20pm, Tue Thu 7:30pm–10:35pm