This is the second half of a two-semester course in Organic Chemistry. Building upon the concepts of functional group, syntheses design and reaction mechanisms introduced in the first term, students investigate the structure and reactions of aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, dienes and conjugated systems, benzene and its derivatives, amines, and organometallic compounds. Students are introduced to the essential instrumental techniques of infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry with an emphasis on interpretation and structure elucidation. The mandatory labs further develop the students’ hands-on skills including some of the instrumental methods covered in class.

Students must also register in the mandatory lab component of the course, CHEM 211L.

Prerequisite: CHEM 210