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CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An intermediate level course in modern organic chemistry, including both theoretical design of synthetic routes and practical training in the laboratory. The central topics to be discussed include methods to form carbon-carbon bonds, use of organometallic reagents, asymmetric synthesis, pericyclic reactions, the use of enzymes in organic synthesis, and the automation of synthetic organic chemistry. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

3 lecture hours/week and 1 tutorial hour/week for 9 weeks; 4 lab hours/week for 12 weeks

General Course Description: This is an intermediate level course in modern organic chemistry. A historical description of the subject will be presented and basic functional group interconversion reactions will be reviewed. The central topics to be discussed include methods to form carbon-carbon bonds, organometallic reagents, asymmetric synthesis, pericyclic reactions, the use of enzymes in organic synthesis, and the automation of synthetic organic chemistry. The design of synthetic routes to prepare organic compounds will be introduced and illustrative examples given. The course includes a laboratory component that is designed to provide practical training in synthetic organic chemistry.

Lecture Topics:
Week 1. Historical perspective, chemical literature and database searches, review of basic functional group interconversions.
Week 2. Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions.
Week 3. Organometallic reagents.
Week 4. Asymmetric synthesis.
Week 5. Pericyclic reactions.
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 6. Enzyme-mediated and automated organic synthesis.
Weeks 7-8. Introduction to the design of synthetic routes (retrosynthetic analysis), protecting groups, linear and convergent synthesis.
Week 9. Course review.

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