ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Course Code

CM 3521

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Prof J Feldmann

Pre-requisites

CM 2512

Overview

The course includes the following themes:
Building Molecules
I Strategy (retrosynthesis and total synthesis)
II Synthetic methods
a) Aromatic synthesis and methodology
b) Chemistry of the carbonyl group

Biological Molecules
Natural products
Macromolecules (proteins, DNA, RNA, saccharides)

Shapes, Structures and Spectra
I Steric and electronic effects
II Structure determination from spectra

Structure

12 week course – 4 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week, 4 three-hour practicals per week for 6 weeks (weeks 36-37, 41-44)

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (66.7%) and in-course assessment (33.3%). Resit: Same.