Date

Topic

Reading Assignment

Quiz

8/26

Principles of Organic Chemistry

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9/2

Principles of Organic Chemistry

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+

9/9

Principles of Organic Chemistry

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9/16

Through the Looking Glass

Principles & Peculiarities of Stereochemistry

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+

9/23

Skunks vs. Grapefruit!

Chemistry of Taste & Smell

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9/30

Magic, Murder, Mayhem

The History of Natural Products

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+

10/4

1st Midterm Paper

 

 

10/7

“Strychnine!”

The Chemistry of Natural Products

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10/14

Beetroot Red

The Chemistry of Organic Pigments

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+

10/21

Plato Solid in a Retort

Docecahedrane and Beyond

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10/28

SpongeBob Revisited

Marine Natural Products

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+

11/4

Sucrose to Splenda

The Chemistry of Carbohydrates

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11/8

2nd Midterm Paper

 

 

11/11

 Drug Development Case Studies

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+

11/18

Drug Development Case Studies

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11/25

Thanksgiving

 

 

12/2

Laboratory Demonstration

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12/9

Final Term Paper