Undergraduate Course: Synthetic Organic Chemistry Level 11 (CHEM11026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A lecture course covering contemporary synthetic methods in organic chemistry, and their application to complex molecule synthesis. The course comprises individual lecture courses on: Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Synthesis of Natural Products, Solid Phase Synthesis, Synthesis of Unnatural Products, Pericyclic Reactions, Organometallics in Synthesis. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry or Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 30,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Revision Session Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One degree exam of 3 hours.
(Visiting Student Variant Assessment
One degree exam of 3 hours at the end of Semester 1.) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- discuss the chemistry and applications of a range of phosphorus, silicon, sulfur and selenium reagents in modern organic synthesis
- compare and contrast the biosynthesis of natural products with their chemical synthesis in the laboratory
- discuss the relative merits of solid phase and solution phase organic synthesis
- understand the role of solid phase organic synthesis in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly with respect to the use of combinatorial chemistry in screening against biological targets
- discuss the synthesis of various functional molecular architectures and the principles behind molecular switches, motors, shuttles and other 'designer' molecules
- apply Frontier Molecular Orbital (FMO) theory to predict the results of electrocyclic, cycloaddition and sigmatropic rearrangement processes
- compare and contrast mechanistic details of common modern synthetic organometallic reactions
- predict the outcome of some simple transition metal catalysed processes and comment on the strategies used by others for the synthesis of more complex targets
Learning outcomes specific to attainment of a pass at Level 11 include:
- ability to integrate all, or most, of the main areas of the course
- development of original and creative responses to problems and issues within the course
- application of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues at the forefront of the subject area
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
| Keywords | SOC(L11) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Paul Lusby
Tel: (0131 6)50 4832
Email: Paul.Lusby@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Anne Brown
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Anne.Brown@ed.ac.uk |
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