610-221 Organic Chemistry II B

Note

Credit cannot be gained for this subject and 610-220.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Chemistry 610-141+ 610-142 or, if an average mark of greater than 60% is obtained, 610-161 + 610-162 (or Pre 1998: 610-121 + 610-122)

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion of 610-221 students should have an understanding of:

• the fundamentals of stereochemistry of carbon compounds;
• the concept of aromaticity;
• the basic types of heterocyclic compounds;
• the synthesis and reactions of simple polyfunctional compounds
• the main classes of biologically important organic compounds, some of the important aspects of pharmaceutical organic chemistry.

Students should also appreciate the importance of rational, critical and independent thought in chemical science and in the understanding of organic chemistry.

The subject covers the topics: stereochemistry, aromaticity, polyfunctional compounds, elementary heterocyclic chemistry; molecules of biological and environmental importance, pharmaceutical organic chemistry.

Assessment

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1.

Prescribed Texts

• McMurry J., Organic Chemistry. (4th ed Brooks/Cole, 1996).
• Davies D. T., Aromatic Heterocyclic Chemistry. (Oxford, 1993).