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CHEM_O - 214: Organic Chemistry for Biological Sciences II

CHEM_O 214 (3) Organic Chemistry for Biological Sciences II

Mechanistic description of aromatic substitution, reactions of carbonyl compounds and amines, oxidation/reduction reactions. Chemistry of carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins, lipids, nucleotides. Chemical principles of biological catalysis and metabolism. Credit will be granted for only one of CHEM 204 or CHEM 214. [3-3*-0] Prerequisite: One of CHEM 203, CHEM 213. Not for Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Environmental Chemistry majors. Such students should enrol in CHEM 204.


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