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CHEM 434 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

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Designed specifically for science majors or pre-health students interested in how organic reactions happen. The concepts of synthetic organic chemistry and how reactions occur mechanistically. An examination of the current literature will be required of students to stay up-to-date on the current research topics in the area of synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry. At the end of the course, students will be expected to observe a reaction and propose a reasonable determination of the mechanistic process through which the reaction proceeds. An emphasis will be placed on the following topics: electrocyclic, cycloaddition, and sigmatropic reactions, migrations, rearrangements, photochemistry, and heterocycles. Prerequisites: CHEM 232 and 233. Spring.