Student Learning Outcomes

• CHEM 81 students will be able to a. Predict the product(s) of reactions involving carboxylic acids and their derivatives b. Provide the reagents needed to transform carboxylic acids and their derivatives c. Compare relative reactivities of carboxylic acids and their derivatives d. Write the mechanism for reactions involving carboxylic acids and their derivatives
• SLO 2 (Evaluation of a Multi-Step Synthesis) - CHEM 81 students will be able to evaluate a mechanism of a multi-step synthesis reaction.
• Provided with a molecular formula and the infrared (IR), 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR spectra for an unknown organic molecule, CHEM 81 students will be able to propose a correct structure for the unknown molecule.