2009 Course Handbook
CBMS204: Organic Synthesis
This unit is developed to serve the needs of Chemistry and Biology students. It will also be valuable to anyone with an interest in how organic compounds (including biological molecules) react with one another, and how chemists use this knowledge of molecular interactions to synthesise new compounds with desirable properties (eg, new pharmaceuticals and new materials). The unit focuses on traditional organic chemistry, but the principles, mechanisms and synthetic procedures that it deals with are not confined just to organic reactions: the material covered is particularly relevant to majors in biochemistry or biological chemistry.
Topics covered include: a review of chemical reactivity; introduction to the spectroscopic identification of organic compounds; reaction mechanisms; and synthetic methods commonly used in organic synthesis. The study of these mechanisms and methods provides an understanding of life processes on a molecular level. The practical component is aimed at developing laboratory skills and deductive reasoning; it comprises several multi-step syntheses and identification of unknown compounds by chemical and spectroscopic means.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 7 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Andrew Try, Associate Professor Joanne Jamie |
| Prerequisites: | CBMS103(P) or CHEM103(P) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | CHEM204 |
| Unit Designations: |
Technology
Science Medical Sciences |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences |
Timetable Information
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