Chemical Synthesis
Full course description
This skills focuses on the development of a clear understanding of the synthesis of organic chemical compounds. It is important for the students to learn how to convert their theoretical knowledge on chemical reactivity to actual design and execution of synthetic chemical reactions. Typical topics, which will be covered in this skills training are:
- Safe handling of organic reagents and safe execution of organic experiments;
- Commonly used organic synthetic laboratory techniques;
- Synthetic chemistry of various organic reaction types (e.g. nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations, electrophilic reactions and radical chemistry);
- Stereochemistry in organic synthesis;
- Purifications and separations in chemistry;
- Spectroscopy and characterization of organic compounds.
Course objectives
- To be able to perform organic synthetic experiments in a structured and safe manner;
- To understand specific separation and purification techniques commonly used in organic chemistry;
- To gain a practical understanding of the impact of the choice of reagents, solvents and conditions on the outcome of an organic reaction;
- To gain further skills in scientific research reporting.
Prerequisites
- PRA1101
- PRA1102
Co-requisites
- CHE2001
Corequisites
Recommended reading
- Practical laboratory instructions;
- For students intending on continuing and specializing in organic chemistry, a practical book, such as “Multiscale Operational Organic Chemistry” by John W. Lehman (Pearson, 2nd edition, 2009) may be interesting.
PRA2002
Period 1
2 Sep 2024
25 Oct 2024
Period 4
3 Feb 2025
4 Apr 2025
ECTS credits:
2.5Instruction language:
EnglishCoordinators:
Teaching methods:
Paper(s), Skills, Training(s)Assessment methods:
Attendance, Assessment