Chem 231: Elementary Organic Chemistry
Fall 2009
Welcome
Lecture: M W F 9:00-9:50 a.m., Room 1352 Gilman Hall
Co-enrollment in Chem 231L – Laboratory in Elementary Organic Chemistry
Instructor Contact Info and Office Hours
Instructor: Professor Yan Zhao
Office: 2659B Gilman Hall
Phone: (515) 294-5845
E-Mail: zhaoy@iastate.edu
Office Hours: Immediately after class and by appointment
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (Hardcover) by John E. McMurry (Author), Eric E. Simanek (Author)
Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: Brooks Cole; 6 edition (March 29, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0495012033
Course Description: 3 Cr. Prereq: 163, 163L; credit or enrollment in 231L.
A survey of modern organic chemistry including nomenclature, structure and bonding, and reactions of hydrocarbons and important classes of natural and synthetic organic compounds. For students desiring only an elementary course in organic chemistry. Students in physical or biological sciences and premedical or pre-veterinary curricula should take the full year sequence 331 and 332 (with the accompanying laboratories 331L and 332L). Only one of Chem 231 and 331 or BBMB 221 may count toward graduation.
