Organic & Biomaterials Chemistry

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	Chemical Bonding
3	Bonding in Organic Systems
4	Resonance
5	Synthetic Polymer Structure I
6	Synthetic Polymer Structure II
	Lab 1A
7	Biological Structure I
	Lab 1B
8	Biological Structure II	Problem set 1 due
9	Basic Reaction Types
10	Introduction to Macromolecular Systems	Lab 1 due
11	Step Growth Polymerization I	Problem set 2 due
12	Step Growth Polymerization II
13	Step Growth Reaction Kinetics I
	Exam 1	Problem set 3 due
14	Exam Review / Step Growth I
15	Step Growth Reaction Kinetics II
16	Step Growth Reaction Kinetics III
	Lab 2A
17	Functional Group Reactions I	Lab 1R due
	Lab 2B
18	Functional Group Reactions II
19	Enzymes I
20	Enzymes II
21-22	Functional Group Reactions II
23	Chain Growth Polymerization I
24-25	Chain Growth Polymerization II
	Lab 3A
26	Chain Growth Reaction Kinetics
	Lab 3A (cont.)
	Exam 2
27	Exam Review / Protein Folding	Lab 3 due
28	Lipid Structure/Function I
29	Carbohydrate Structure/Function
30-31	Viruses as Materials
	Lab 4A
32	Conducting Polymers I
	Lab 4B
33	Conducting Polymers II
34	Self Assembly in Solution	Lab 4 due
35	Self Assembly on Surfaces I
36	Self Assembly on Surfaces II
37	Toolbox
38	Last Class Lecture