Organic Chemistry II Laboratory

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.