MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
COURSE SYLLABUS
 

Chemistry 231: Organic Chemistrv II

Required Materials: Textbook is the latest edition of Organic Chemistry, by John McMurry.  Also required are the study guide and solutions manual to accompany this text.  All items are available in the University bookstore, and elsewhere.
 

Supplementary Course Materials: The Chemistry Computer Lab in Ri365 is available for student use.  Twelve PC's are available with a wide variety of software specialized for use by chemists, including Spartan, Gaussian, HyperChem, ChemSite, JUMP, ChemDraw, and many others.

Course Requirements: Three or four hourly exams, and one  cumulative final exam. Various graded homework assignments may be added as needed. 

 Course Content:

In McMurry's latest edition, complete coverage of the following chapters: (Numbers refer to chapters)

14.  Conjugated Dienes and UV Absorption Spectroscopy
15. Benzene and Aromaticity
16. Chemistry of Benzene
17. Alcohols and Thiols
18. Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides
19. Aldehydes and Ketones:  Nucleophilic Addition Reactions
20. Carboxylic Acids
21. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Nuceophilic Acyl Substitution
22. Carbonyl Alpha Substitution Reactions
23. Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
24. Amines and Phenols
25. Carbohydrates
26. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Policy on missed exams:  Missing an exam will result in a grade of zero
for that exam.  At the instructor's discretion, students may be allowed to
take a make-up exam in the case of a serious, and documented emergency.