CHEM 3580 - Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

(PBS)

Spring, summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: CHEM 3570 or permission of instructor. Recommended: concurrent registration in CHEM 2510 or CHEM 3000.

W.R. Dichtel.

Study of the important classes of carbon compounds—including those encountered in the biological sciences. The course emphasizes their three-dimensional structures, mechanisms of their characteristic reactions, their synthesis, methods of identifying them, and their role in modern science and technology.