CHEM 153 — Basic Organic Chemistry
BSc BSc Biochemistry · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Molecular composition and structure of organic compounds. (a) Determination and calculation of empirical and molecular formulae. (b) Pictorial treatment of hybridization. Organic Reactions: (a) Bond formation and fission (b) Classification of reagents and reactions. (c) Reaction Intermediates: Carbocations, Free radicals, Carbanions Hydrocarbons (Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic compounds including polycyclic systems) (a) Structure and nomenclature : Isomerism, alkane and cycloalkanes (b) Homologous series, and gradation of properties. (c) Preparation (d) Reactions. Petroleum: Fractionation products and uses
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 100
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- BCHEM 171 — INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
- BCHEM 172 — INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
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