May 09, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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CHEM 172 - Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions and Synthesis

Semester Hours: 3
Every Other Fall



This is an upper-level chemistry course intended for students majoring in chemistry or biochemistry. The focus of the course is on chemical reactivity, reaction mechanisms, and organic synthesis. Carbon-carbon bond formation and stereospecific transformations of organic molecules will be emphasized. We will also discuss functional group modifications via oxidation and reduction reactions in greater depth than in the CHEM 132 or CHEM 135  course.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
CHEM 132 or CHEM 135 . Pre- or co-requisite: CHEM 137 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.





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