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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Chemistry

610-320 Organic Chemistry I

Note:

1. Credit cannot be gained for both 610-320 and 610-321. 2. Students enrolling additionally in two or more of Chemistry 610-322, 610-323 or 610-324 are required to enrol in 610-321 instead of 610-320.

Credit Points:

18.0

Coordinator:

Dr M. Gill

Prerequisite/s:

610-220 or 610-221

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

26 lectures (2 per week) 54 hours practical work

Content:

Addition reaction of alkenes: organometallic reactions, enolates, aldol and related reactions, and the Wittig reaction: reductions and rearrangements with emphasis on chemo-, regio-, and stereo-selectivity: applications of nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to the determination of structure.

Practical Work: The emphasis is on techniques rather than on illustration of lecture material. Thus the experiments involving synthesis also involve a variety of techniques (distillation, chromatography, etc.). There are also exercises in structure determination by spectroscopic and chemical means.

Assessment:

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2. Practical work will be continuously assessed. Satisfactory performance in both theory and practical work is necessary before credit can be granted for this subject.
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