Continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Reviews reactions and properties of arenes, organometallic compounds, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and amines. Briefly introduces the topics of spectroscopy and the chemistry of natural products including carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins. This course further develops the theoretical concepts of organic chemistry, and helps students to develop an ability to propose plausible synthetic pathways to organic molecules. Particular focus is on nucleophilic addition, nucleophilic substitution, and electrophilic substitution reaction of arenes, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and amines.
Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry 1. Note: Even though these course descriptions describe what topics the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry courses are expected to cover, they do not specify how in depth the coverage of each topic should be nor the level of sophistication expected. A good guideline to address these issues is the full-year American Chemical Society Exams for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. These exams represent the best consensus available regarding what theories and models the students should comprehend and problems that students should be able to solve at the end General and Organic Chemistry.
Core Courses are courses that fulfill lower-level requirements and apply to any transfer path major where they appear. Organic Chemistry II with Lab is universal course description, which maps to specific courses on SUNY campuses. Approved SUNY Transfer Path Core Courses are guaranteed to transfer to fulfill requirements in the major and/or required cognates (not just as electives) at all SUNY campuses if the course is completed with a grade of C or better.1 You may Search for Core Course equivalents using the Transfer Navigator.
1 While a grade of C or better is guaranteed, campuses can have different policies where they accept a passing grade lower than C. Pass/Fail courses may be accepted at the discretion of the campus, but transfer is not guaranteed.