A basic laboratory course in which both the theoretical and practical aspects of a variety of organic reactions and multistep syntheses are emphasized. Modern chromatographic, instrumental, and spectroscopic techniques are applied to experimental organic chemistry. CHEM 2410 is a required co-requisite for CHEM 2451 for Penn undergraduate students. LPS students may take CHEM 2410 as a pre-requisite or a co-requisite to CHEM 2451.

This course examines the structure and organization of the chemical literature and introduces techniques of searching this literature, focusing on the logic and thought processes necessary for effective information retrieval. Each technique is illustrated using information tools available at the University of Pennsylvania, and we take an "under the hood" look at the organization and functionality of each tool introduced. Students should choose a course section based on their preferred area of chemistry research: organic, inorganic, biological, and physical chemistry; all four sections are taught at a level appropriate for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics vary by section, but all students learn the basics of subject, author, structure, and reaction searching, and a unit on ethics in publication and scholarly communication completes the course.

Continuation of CHEM 1012: General Chemistry I. The second term stresses the thermodynamic approach to chemical reactions, electrochemical processes, and reaction rates and mechanisms. It includes special topics in chemistry.

Continuation of CHEM 2411: Principles of Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory

Continuation of CHEM 2410: Principles of Organic Chemistry I.

Continuation of CHEM 2411: Principles of Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory

Continuation of CHEM 2410: Principles of Organic Chemistry I.

Fundamentals of biological chemistry, including the structure of biological macromolecules and their mechanism of action, intermediary metabolism, and the chemical basis of information transfer. Course can be taken concurrently with CHEM 2420 or CHEM 2425.

CHEM 1021 will be the second course in a two-semester sequence in general chemistry, where an introductory foundation in the energetic and dynamic nature of chemical reactivity will be developed. The course will survey general principles of thermodynamics, phase transitions, equilibrium, acid/base chemistry, and chemical kinetics as applied to elementary chemical reactions. Using this foundation, structure and function of organic compounds and solid-state structure will be surveyed upon which the former fundamental principles will be deployed to predict reactivity/stability.

will vary based on semester