CHEM 3570 - Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

(PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

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

Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: CHEM 1570, CHEM 3530, CHEM 3570, CHEM 3590.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2080 or advanced placement, or permission of instructor. Recommended corequisite: CHEM 2510.

Fall: B. Ganem; Spring: C. Kinsland; Summer: M. Haaf.

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.