Organic Chemistry II: Synthesis and Spectroscopy In this course we will explore how organic molecules are made and their structures are identified. The study of organic reactions will continue from CHEM 0203 with radical reactions, alkene and alkyne additions, aromatic reactions, oxidations and reductions, and additional carbonyl reactions. Emphasis in this course will be placed on using reactions in sequences to synthesize larger and more complex molecules. The theory and practice of mass spectrometry and UV-Vis, IR, and NMR spectroscopy will be studied as a means to elucidate the exact structures of organic molecules. Laboratory experiments will focus on synthetic techniques that complement the lecture material and the identification of complex unknowns via  GC-MS, IR, and NMR.

Thomas Anderson

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Orgo II is hard but I had a better time than in Orgo I. He is a clear and effective lecturer. He improved his exams to where they were 5 or 6 questions and you could skip one. Weekly homework that was helpful. It's hard but with memorization you can get through it. 

The class is very fast paced as you learn many reactions per class (especially in the second half of the semester), but it is manageable and the exams are fair. Anderson is very helpful in office hours!

I really enjoyed this course. It was difficult, but Prof. Anderson was a great professor and made the difficult content both approachable and engaging. The exams are difficult and require significant prep but are always fair to the content learned in class. The lab portion of the class is very reasonable and was helpful to understanding lecture material. 