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Organic and Biochemistry Honors

Organic and Biochemistry Honors

  • Course #4450XA
  • 1 Credit/Elective
  • 36 Weeks

Description

  • Investigate the chemistry of carbon with focus on functional groups, their properties, and their characteristic reactions
  • Explore common organic reactions and their mechanisms, propose multiple step synthesis of organic compounds
  • Cover chemical properties of biological systems: chemical and physical properties of nucleotides, amino acids, proteins, and water