CHEM282 FUND.OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 2340282 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- basic concepts used in organic chemistry
- structure of organic molecules
- synthesis of organic molecules
Course Content
An introduction to organic chemistry. A new mechanistic approach to the study of chemical reactions and survey of hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, aldehydes, ketones carboxylic acids and their derivatives; aromatic compounds, amines, aminoacids and proteins. The course also emphasizes fundamentals of biochemistry; enzymes, metabolic transformations, membrane structure and functions.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- know all kinds of organic functional groups,
- their chemistry
- synthesis of basic functional groups
- transformation of functional groups from one to another