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1.  Course Title:

Organic Chemistry

2.  Course Code:

BCH3015

 3.  Course Aims & Objectives:

  • To provide an understanding of heterocyclic chemistry, reaction mechanisms and general organic synthetic methods.
  • To provide practical experience in simple and multistep synthetic reactions, with special reference to the choice of method, by-product removal, and the in-situ preparation of sensitive reagents.
  • To enable the student to prepare some commonly-used heterocyclic compounds.

4.  Units: 4

5.  Level: B3

6.  Medium of Instruction: English

7.  Keyword Syllabus:

  • Heterocyclic Chemistry

Introduce - general examples and applications. Aromatic heterocyclic. Nonaromatic heterocycles. Nomenclature. Physical and chemical properties. Preparations and reactions. Ring Synthesis

  • Reaction Mechanisms

Nucleophilic addition and substitution. Electrophilic addition and substitution. Free-radical addition and substitution Elimination reactions. The influence of electronic and steric factors on the course of chemical reactions, with particular reference to the characteristic reactions of each of the various classes of organic compounds.

  • Application of NMR and MS in organic chemistry

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry: basic principles and uses of these techniques, with special reference to various characteristic spectroscopic properties of the various classes of organic compounds.

8.  Teaching pattern:

Duration of course: 1 semester

Suggested lecture/tutorial/laboratory mix:

Lectures 35 H

Tutorials 7 H

Laboratories 28 H

9.  Assessment pattern:

Examination duration: 3 H
Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.:
Examination 70%
Course work 30% (10% for tutorial, 20% for lab. work)
All students must satisfy the following "Minimum Passing Requirement" for BCH courses:
"A minimum of 30% in coursework as well as in examination, in addition to a minimum of 40% in coursework and examination taken together".

10.  Pre-requisites:

Nil

11. Pre-cursor:

BCH2007 Principles of Organic Chemistry

12. Equivalent Courses:

BCH2221 Organic Chemistry (from the "old" curriculum)

 13. Booklist:

# 1 Heterocyclic Chemistry, T.L. Gilchrist (Pitman, 1985)
# 2 Advanced Organic Chemistry, J.March (John Wiley and Sons, 1985)
# 3 Spectroscopy Methods in Organic Chemistry, D.H.Williams, I Fleming,  (McGraw Hill, London, 4th Ed., 1987)
NOTE
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These books are only recommended for reading and should NOT be purchased without consulting your lecturer.

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Revised on August 6, 2003