CHEM 521 - Physical Organic Chemistry

(3 units)

Undergraduates enroll in CHEM 421; graduates in CHEM 521. Recommended: One year of undergraduate organic chemistry and one year of undergraduate physical chemistry.

Theoretical interpretation of chemical and physical properties of organic compounds: mathematical derivations of rate equations from experimental results, quantitative comparison of organics compounds reactivities, mathematical correlations of structure and properties. Solving problems relating to reaction mechanisms to described factors.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.) Double Numbered with: CHEM 421