Organic Chemistry I (CHEM-0051)

Summer 2026 · CHEM 0051 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Structure, bonding, conformational analysis, functional groups, and stereochemistry. Organic reactions, synthesis, and mechanisms including acid/base reactions, nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations, reactions of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and amines. Additional topics may include tools for structure determination: nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy. (Note: The laboratory course, CHEM 53, is normally taken concurrently with CHEM 51.) Prerequisites: CHEM 2 or 12.

Course codes: CHEM-0051, CHEM 0051, CHEM0051, CHEM-51, CHEM 51, CHEM51

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