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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

310636 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Chemistry 201

Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.5
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2.25 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x .25 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 7024 (v.5) Chemistry 122 or any previous version
Syllabus: Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter, spectrophotometric analytical techniques. The concepts of pH, pKa and ionisation and their application in a pharmaceutical context. Reaction orders and reaction kinetics. Stereochemistry. Functional group chemistry and its role in drug structure, character and degradation. Important pharmaceutical-chemical laboratory techniques.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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