Area: | Department of Applied Chemistry |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
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Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
312489 (v.1)
Chemical Structure and Spectroscopy 201
AND 312492 (v.1) Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms 212 |
Syllabus: | Synthesis What is synthesis? Retrosynthetic analysis. Oxidation and reduction reactions and protecting groups. Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions: Carbanion chemistry, transition-metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions, olefin metathesis. Pericyclic reactions: types of pericyclic reactions, electrocyclisations, the Diels-Alder reaction, the Cope and Claisen rearrangements. Total Synthesis. Organometallic chemistry Classes of organometallics, bonding, CO bonding, 18 electron rule. Types of ligands including phosphines, alkenes and arenes . Organometallic species and reactions used in the commodity and fine-chemical industries. Catalysis Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, important ligands used in catalyst design, important "steps" in catalytic reactions, how do we measure catalyst efficiency? |
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Field of Education: | 010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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