Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25

CHEM 3050 - Organic Chemistry I


Organic chemistry for chemistry majors and other students wishing to acquire sound knowledge of classical and modern organic chemistry.

Requisites: (C- or better in CHEM 1520) and WARNING: No credit for this course if the following is taken (keeps credit for the following course, as defined by department): CHEM 3060
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: TAG course: OSC010 Organic Chemistry Sequence
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students must be proficient in stereochemistry, isomerism and conformational analysis.
  • Students must be proficient in the acid-base chemistry of organic compounds.
  • Students must be proficient in theories of structure and bonding in organic compounds including Lewis structures, molecular orbital theories, hybridization and resonance.
  • Students must be proficient understanding the structure and reactivity of functional groups.
  • Students must be proficient with nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions.
  • Students must be proficient with the structure, reactivity and reactions of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
  • Students will be able to understand and solve spectroscopic problems using NMR, IR, Mass Spec and UV.


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