Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog required for this course. One three-hour laboratoryper week.Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and CHEM 141.Co-requisite: CHEM 233. A study of the chiefclasses of carbon compounds, including theirsyntheses and the mechanisms of their reactions.The methods for determining reactionmechanisms are studied in detail. Four hourslecture. V.8a.Prerequisites: CHEM 231 and CHEM 233.Co-requisite: CHEM 234. A continuation ofCHEM 231. Four hours lecture.Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and CHEM 141.Co-requisite: CHEM 231. Experiments aredesigned to introduce students to the techniquesof separation, purification, and synthesis oforganic compounds. Techniques for studyingreaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, and the useof literature of chemistry are also covered. Anominal laboratory fee may be required for thiscourse. One three-hour laboratory. V.8b.Prerequisites: CHEM 231 and CHEM 233.Co-requisite: CHEM 232. A continuation ofCHEM 233. A nominal laboratory fee may berequired for this course. One three-hour laboratory.Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and CHEM 141.Prerequisite or co-requisite: MATH 123.Co-requisite: CHEM 253. Topics include adetailed study of chemistry in the gas phase,thermochemistry and chemical thermodynamics,electrochemistry, an introduction to maingroupinorganic chemistry, an introduction totransition metal complexes, metallurgy, industrialchemistry, and an introduction to nuclearchemistry. Four hours lecture. III.Q, V.8a.Co-requisite: CHEM 252. Experiments willfeature applications of topics discussed inCHEM 252. A nominal laboratory fee may berequired for this course. One three-hour laboratory.V.8b.Prerequisites: One CHEM course and permissionof the instructor. The study of introductorylevel material by an individual student or bya small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.Prerequisites: BIOL 112 and CHEM 231. Astudy of computational methods on a varietyof systems, including organic and inorganiccompounds and biomolecules. Thermodynamicpredictions of chemical reactions and moleculardynamic simulations of lipids and proteins areused to bridge the gap between theoretical andpractical aspects of math, chemistry, and biology.This course uses significant application ofcurrent software. Offered alternate years. Fourhours lecture/lab.Prerequisites: CHEM 231 and BIOL 112. Astudy of the relationship between structure andfunction in biomolecules including proteinsand nucleic acids; methods of bioanalysis; prokaryoticDNA replication and the synthesis ofproteins and RNA. CHEM 341, IntermediateLaboratory, may be elected simultaneously withthis course. Four hours lecture.Prerequisites: CHEM 321; or CHEM 231 andBIOL 205 and permission. A study of enzymemechanics, kinetics, structures and functions;carbohydrate, amino acid, fatty acid and nucleotidedegradation and biosynthesis; and the regulationof the major metabolic pathways. CHEM342, Intermediate Laboratory, may be electedsimultaneously with this course.