CHEM 2311 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2311: Organic Chemistry I is a 3-credit first course in organic chemistry. It is directed towards students majoring in Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, or Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, as well as pre-health students.[1] It is immediately succeeded by CHEM 2312 or CHEM 2313, and is immediately preceded by CHEM 1212K.
Workload
The textbook used is Organic Chemistry by Solomons and Fryhle.
Homework consists of online auto-graded problems. There are optional weekly recitations and PLUS sessions. There is no lab section.
Organic chemistry is widely considered to be a difficult course. Grading may be curved, and exams may have substantial extra credit.
The median student spends about 12.5 hours per week on CHEM 2311, according to SmartEvals.
Topics List
Topics include (this list is from Pollet's Spring 2019 syllabus):
- Bonding and molecular structure
- Functional groups, intermolecular forces, and infrared (IR) spectroscopy
- Acids and bases
- Alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Stereochemistry
- Chiral molecules
- Nucleophilic substitution of alkyl halides
- Elimination reactions of alkyl halides
- Alkenes and alkynes
- Addition reactions
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectroscopy
- Radical reactions
- Conjugated unsaturated systems
- Aromatic compounds
- Multistep synthesis
Registration
CHEM 2311 is not a linked course, but it has a recitation. However unlike other recitations, it is a component of the course itself; it has no separate section. Thus, you must only register for the lecture section.
Prerequisites
- C or higher in CHEM 1212K
Resources
- Example CHEM 2311 syllabus
- Easy-to-read IR spectroscopy table by Compound Chemistry – however, during an exam, you must use the reference sheet given, not this one
- IR guide by Master Organic Chemistry
- Reactions Quizlet for Spring 2019
