CHEM 3580 - Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

(PHS-AS) (CHPH-AG, OPHLS-AG)

Fall, Spring, Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both CHEM 3580 and CHEM 3600.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3570 or permission of instructor. Recommended corequisite: CHEM 2510.

Fall: C. Kinsland; Spring: G. Coates, B. Fors.

The course emphasizes the important classes of organic compounds, with particular emphasis on their three-dimensional structures, mechanisms of their characteristic reactions, their synthesis, methods for their identification, and their applications in modern technology and medicine.