CM3533: CHEMISTRY FOR STUDENTS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE (III) (2018-2019)

Last modified: 22 May 2019 17:07

Course Overview

This course introduces important fundamentals of organic chemistry via a series of lectures, tutorials and laboratory experiments. Students will gain a firm grounding in NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry which are vital analytical tools to determine if the correct organic molecule has been synthesised. Organic synthesis lectures will concentrate on pericyclic reactions. Biological chemistry such as an introduction to DNA/RNA will also be discussed.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	None.	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Jorg Feldmann

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Either CM2512 Organic & Biological Chemistry (Passed) or CM2514 Organic & Biological Chemistry (Passed)
Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
One of CM2011 Analytical Methods in Forensic Chemistry (Passed) or CM2513 Analytical Methods in Forensic Chemistry (Passed) or CM2515 Analytical Methods in Forensic Chemistry (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

CM3521 Organic and Biological Chemistry (Studied)
CM3522 Chemistry for Students of Physical Sciences (111) (Studied)
CM3534 Organic & Biological Chemistry (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course includes the following themes:

Pericyclic reactions, sigmatropic rearrangements and frontier orbitals.

Shapes, Structures and Spectra:

I Steric and electronic effects

II Structure determination from spectra

Further Information & Notes

This course cannot be taken with CM 3534.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 one and a half-hour written examination (66.7%); In-course assessment in the form of laboratory reports (33.3%).

Resit: 1 one and a half-hour written examination (66.7%) plus carried over in-course assessment (33.3%).

Formative Assessment

Exercises will be performed during tutorials and feedback will be given.

Feedback

Informal feedback will be given to students after the tutorial exercises and practical reports.

Course Learning Outcomes