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Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3B (VS2) (CHEM09011)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Chemistry CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityPart-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummarySemester 2 lecture courses and tutorials/workshops from the Chemistry 3B course, available to visiting students only. Normally taken alongside CHE-3-AVS2. Topics to be covered include: targeted organic synthesis; transition-metal and organometallic chemistry; systems chemistry; fundamentals of medicinal chemistry; catalysis; cross-coupling chemistry.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16, Online Activities 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 145 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 3 hour exam.
Feedback Students will be provided with feedback through the following channels:
Tutorials (small-group sessions, examples classes, and problem workshops). Online multiple-choice tests.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)3:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the physical methods available for probing organic reaction mechanisms and how these may be used in the elucidation of some fundamental reactions mechanisms and suggest syntheses of simple organic molecules from readily available starting materials using retrosynthetic analysis
  2. Describe the chemistry of important classes of antibacterial agents and the basic principles of drug design.
  3. understand how the chemistry of metal complexes may be used and adapted to provide mechanisms for catalytic transformations.
  4. Show proficiency in the quantitative analysis of kinetic data and the ability to relate a theoretical reaction mechanism to an experimentally determined rate law.
  5. Predict the structure and reactivity of simple organometallic complexes.
Reading List
Inorganic Chemistry 6th Edition, Weller, Overton, Rourke, and Armstrong, ISBN 978-0-19-964182-6
Atkins' Physical Chemistry 10th Edition, Atkins and De Paula, ISBN 978-0199543373
Organic Chemistry, Clayden, Greeves, Warren, ISBN 978-0198503460
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Problem solving skills.
Independent planning and learning.
Time management.
Appreciation of the role of chemistry in the modern world.
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus tutorials at times to be arranged
KeywordsC3B(VS2)
Contacts
Course organiserDr Philip Bailey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6448
Email: Philip.Bailey@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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