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CHEMISTRY 2P21  PRINCIPLES OF BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

 

Approximate Timeline           Topics                                                 Textbook Chapters

Jan. 6 - 17                                IR, NMR and Mass Spectroscopy        Nine

(weeks 1 and 2)

 

Jan. 20 - 24                              Carbonyl Compounds I.                      Sixteen

(week 3)                                   Nomenclature. Preparations.

                                                Enols and Enolates

 

Jan. 27- 31                               Carbonyl Compounds II.                    Seventeen

(week 4)                                   Acetals. Aldols

 

Feb. 3 -10                                 Carbohydrates                                     Twenty-Two

(week 5)

 

Feb. 12                                    CLASS TEST

(week 6)

 

Feb. 24 - 28                              Carboxylic Acids and Amides              Eighteen

(week 7)                                   Nomenclature. Preparations.

                                                Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

 

Mar. 3 - 10                               Fatty Acids and Lipids.

(weeks 8, 9)                                                                                          Twenty-Three

 

Mar. 12 - 19                             Amines

(week 9, 10)                             Nomenclature. Preparations               Twenty

                                                Basicity. Arenediazonium Salts

 

Mar. 21                                   MIDTERM EXAM

(week 10)

 

Mar. 24 - 31                             Proteins

(week 11, 12)                                                                                       Twenty-Four

 

Apr. 2 - 11                               Nucleic Acids

(weeks 12, 13)                                                                                      Twenty-Five