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On completion of this module students should have an understanding of:Acidity of Alpha, Beta, Gamma- hydrogens; enolate anion generation, stabilisation; keto/enol tautomerism; halogenation of acetone; alkylation of enolates; regioselctive formation of enolate anions; aldol reactions; claisen reactions; Michael addition chemistry; conjugate addition followed by aldol cyclization; Robinson annelation.Retrosynthetic analysis and how it can be useful in planning synthesis; the application of a range of reactions (nucleophilic substitution, electrophilic aromatic substitution, amide and ester synthesis, addition to carbonyl groups, reactions of nucleophiles with epoxides; reactions of enolates and enols; stereoselective synthesis of alkenes; ring closing and cross metathesis; diels Alder reaction; chemoselectivity and reactions of dianions, reduction of carbonyl compounds; catalytic hydrogenation; oxidation.Laboratory based synthetic organic chemistry with practical and analytical techniques.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 18 |
Tutorial | 4 |
Laboratories | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 54 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Not yet recorded. |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
In semester feedback will be given for the laboratory reports and continuous assessment submitted.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Marcus Baumann | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Paul Evans | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |