Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM-X400.13
Online Organic Chemistry II Lab
The Organic Chemistry II Laboratory is a hands-on lab course that complements the topics covered in the CHEM40011: Organic Chemistry II lecture course. This course provides a fundamental overview and continuation of the classical organic chemistry I laboratory with at-home, hands-on experiments. Students will continue to gain a general understanding of how to read chemical structures: how to draw bond-line representations of a molecule; how to identify formal charges; number of lone pairs (unpaired electrons); and how to draw Lewis dot structures. Students will also learn about common organic chemistry laboratory equipment and common practices in organic chemistry laboratories. The course places emphasis on learning these principles through at-home hands-on experiments.
It is recommended that students have completed a college-level Organic Chemistry I lecture and lab, and an Organic Chemistry II lecture course prior to enrolling. This course is designed to provide an organic chemistry II lab for health science majors. Please note: the laboratory and lecture courses were developed independently and are not synchronized on a week-by-week schedule and students are advised to first complete an Organic Chemistry I and II lecture course prior to enrolling.
Learning Outcomes
- Interpret chemical structures, draw bond-line molecule representations, draw resonance structures and assess their relative contribution, predict the position of acid-base equilibrium, and apply these ideas to understanding and predicting common reaction mechanisms.
- Learn the concept of atom hybridization and bond geometry. Identify major functional groups and be able to name simple chemical compounds or draw their structures based on the name.
- Become familiar with typical organic chemistry lab equipment and their use.
- Develop skills to recrystallize, separate, extract, and purify molecular species.
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct a reaction and understand the reaction mechanism.
- Demonstrate understanding and the utilization of reading FTIR and NMR spectra
- Most importantly, provide technical reports in pdf format detailing the experiment and findings.
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have completed an undergraduate-level Organic Chemistry I and II lecture course prior to enrolling. Completion of Organic Chemistry I Lab is strongly recommended.
Format
This course is offered in an online asynchronous format. There are no set meeting times, however, students follow a weekly schedule and there will be deadlines to meet in terms of course requirements. This course cannot be completed at an accelerated rate.
Transferring for College Credit
Many courses at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies may be eligible for college credit at UC San Diego or other institutions. Credit transfer is determined by the receiving institution. We recommend consulting with the registrar's office at your intended institution before enrolling to confirm how your courses will transfer.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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James Brewster
Over the years, James has developed a passion for chemistry and finds joy in teaching with the goal of breaking down difficult concepts into more digestible and enjoyable content. He believes that through active learning- with a combination of instructor feedback and student engagement- students develop the skills necessary to solve complex problems in the classroom and beyond as they dive into topics related to human biology, materials science, and drug discovery, among other challenges facing the world today.
James Brewser is an experienced chemist with publications spanning synthetic organic, inorganic, bioinorganic, and medicinal chemistry. He began his chemistry career at The University of California, Irvine where he carried out undergraduate research with Professor Kelvin Gee on developing new therapeutics to address cognitive deficits associated with neurodegenerative disease. Following his undergraduate degree, James moved to The University of Texas at Austin where he completed his PhD studies on developing new ligand systems to better understand the actinide elements. James also spent time in China as an National Science Foundation EAPSI Fellow, in Italy as a UT Austin Global Research Fellow, and at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a G.T. Seaborg Fellow. Following his graduate work, James carried out his postdoctoral work at Harvard University where he worked on the synthesis of fully synthetic trioxacarcin antibody drug conjugates. James is currently a medicinal chemist in Pfizer's Oncology Research and Development group (Boulder) where he works on targeted chemotherapeutics.
