CHM 261 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1

Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 4

Prerequisites: [CHM 140 (C- or Higher) and CHM 141 (C- or Higher)] or [CHM 160 (C- or Higher) and CHM 161 (C- or Higher)] or CHM 120 (C- or Higher) or CHM 260

Corequisites: CHM 260

College Level Prerequisites: None

Description: CHM 261 is the first part of a two-semester sequence for those students who require a full year of organic chemistry lab. This course serves mainly those students in pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, pre-medicine, chemical engineering, chemical technology, and chemistry programs. Students will be introduced to basic organic laboratory techniques including extraction, distillation, chromatographic techniques, and synthetic methodologies. The use of spectroscopy will be introduced as a means of structure determination.

Department Consent: No Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None