Unit name | Advanced Organic & Biological Chemistry |
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Unit code | CHEM30011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Chris Willis |
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 CHEM20180 to expand that essential base of organic chemistry into this more advanced level of study. The unit covers the main areas of the subject e.g. protein structures, modern synthetic methods, the application of main group elements and transition metals to transformations and synthesis, selective synthesis, medicinal chemistry, natural products and saccharides. Workshops are integral to the unit.
This unit aims to provide a deepening understanding and widening knowledge of the chemistry of the carbon, which is appropriate for a BSc student and will enable progress to even more advanced 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 in new areas of chemistry which build upon and broaden concepts introduced in the second year.
Lectures, workshops (classes of 20 students with two staff members) and masterclasses (interactive seminar sessions of the whole class) and independent study. The Dynamic Laboratory Manual provides important e-learning resource in advance of workshop sessions. Pre-workshop online material will be provided to assist students with the contact workshop.
Students will be assessed by a total of 3 hours of written exams (summative 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 from: An introduction to Enzyme and Coenzyme Chemistry, 2nd Edition T. Bugg. Blackwell Science 2004; Transition Metals in the Synthesis of Complex Organic Molecules, 2nd Edition, L S Hegedus, University Science Books, 1999; Carbohydrate Chemistry, B. G. Davis and A. J. Fairbanks, Oxford Chemistry Primer, 2002; Carbohydrate Chemistry, B. G. Davis and A. J. Fairbanks, Oxford Chemistry Primer, 2002; Natural Products: The Secondary Metabolites, J. R. Hanson, Royal Society of Chemistry, Tutorial Chemistry Texts, 2003; Organic Stereochemistry, MJT Robinson, Oxford Chemistry Primer, 2000.