Organic Chemistry IIIA
Subject 610-320 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 24 lectures (three per week for eight weeks), eight tutorials, 32 hours practical work Total Time Commitment: 120 hours | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Chemistry 610-220 or 610-221 and 610-225 | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | Credit cannot be gained for this subject and 610-321 or 610-325. | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: | It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study and reasonable steps will be made to enhance a student’s participation in the University’s programs. This subject requires all students to actively and safely participate in laboratory activities. Students who feel their disability may impact upon their participation are encouraged to discuss this with the subject coordinator and the Disability Liaison Unit. |
Coordinator
Associate Professor M A S Rizzacasa| Subject Overview: | Upon completion of 610-320, students should comprehend the main types of chemical transformations involved in the synthesis of organic compounds; the range of agents available to effect these transformations; the different types of stereochemical complexity of organic compounds; factors which influence stereochemical outcome; and the procedures for determination of the structures of organic compounds by spectroscopic and chemical techniques. Students should have also developed time and resource management skills; skills to synthesise a range of organic molecules; knowledge of the application and interpretation of a range of spectroscopic and physical techniques; and experience in reporting the results of an experimental study. Students should also appreciate the importance of rational, critical and independent thought in chemical science and in the understanding of organic chemistry. The subject covers pericyclic reactions; the chemistry of alkenes; organometallic reactions, enolates, aldol and related reactions, and the Wittig reaction; reductions and rearrangements with emphasis on chemo-, regio-, and stereo-selectivity; and applications of nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to the determination of structure. The practical course will consist of a number of experiments involving the synthesis and/or chemical and/or instrumental investigations of important classes of organic compounds. |
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| Assessment: | Ongoing assessment of practical work in the form of short reports due during the semester (33%); written assignments not exceeding six pages due during the semester (10%); a 3-hour written examination in the examination period (57%). Satisfactory completion of both theory and practical work is necessary to pass the subject. |
| Prescribed Texts: | None |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is a level 2 or level 3 subject and is not available to new generation degree students as a breadth option in 2008. This subject or an equivalent will be available as breadth in the future. Breadth subjects are currently being developed and these existing subject details can be used as guide to the type of options that might be available. 2009 subjects to be offered as breadth will be finalised before re-enrolment for 2009 starts in early October. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Notes: | Students enrolled in the BSc (pre-2008 BSc), BASc or a combined BSc course will receive science credit for the completion of this subject. |
| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Biomedical Science Bachelor of Science Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology |
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