Unit name | Special Organic & Biological Chemistry |
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Unit code | CHEMM0006 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Wyatt |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Chemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit develops the organic chemistry given in CHEM30011 and expands that essential base of organic chemistry into a more advanced level of study and extends into specialist/cutting edge areas. The unit covers several core areas of the subject, as well as introducing some more specialised areas at the frontier of current research.
This unit aims to provide a deepening understanding and widening knowledge of the chemistry of the carbon, which is appropriate for a final year MSci student and will enable progress to even more specialised aspects in a variety of areas of organic chemistry. The implications of these ideas are illustrated with real world examples to set them in context and highlight their relevance in the modern scientific world. The unit aims to explore key reactivity and applications in new areas of chemistry which build upon and broaden concepts introduced in the second and third year.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures and masterclasses (interactive seminar sessions of the whole class) and independent study, supported by drop-in sessions, problem sheets and self-directed exercises. The Dynamic Laboratory Manual provides important e-learning resource in advance of workshop sessions.
Assessment of learning/Summative assessmsent End-of-unit timed, open-book Examination (100%)
Essential reading will be from the following books:
Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, J Clayden, N. Greeves, S Warren, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Further reading will be from the following books:
Organic Synthesis: Strategy & Control, P Wyatt and S Warren (Wiley, 2007); Heterocyclic chemistry, 5th edition, JA joule and K Mills, Chapman and Hall, 2010; Supramolecular Chemistry 2nd edition, JW Steed and JL Atwood, Wiley, 2009; Marchs advanced organic chemistry: reactions, mechanisms and structure, 6th edition, MB Smith and J F March, Wiley, 2007; An NMR primer for life scientists, H. Rattle, Partnership Press, 2001; Asymmetric synthesis, Eds RA Aitken and SN Kilenyi, Blackie, 1992.