CHEM 30A
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
First term of organic chemistry for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and engineering majors. Covalent bonding, shapes, stereochemistry, and acid/base properties of organic molecules. Properties, synthesis, and reactions of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. SN2, SN1, elimination, and radical reactions.
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 20B with grade of C– or better.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM 30A
- CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CHEM 30A4 more beyond
- CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratory