Organic chemistry has made dramatic impacts to our lives from the use of synthetic materials to life saving drugs. This subject will expand on level II organic chemistry and takes the student on an in-depth journey looking at special topics and some of the applications of organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry in the modern world. Specific topics will include advanced spectroscopic techniques including 2D NMR, asymmetric synthesis, organometallic chemistry, retrosynthetic analysis, modern synthetic techniques and organic materials such as polymers. Physical chemistry approaches, including MO theory, will be used to study select organic reactions. The practical component of the course will take the student to the next level and will have them planning and undertaking multistep synthesis to produce, isolate, purify and characterize complex organic compounds.

Please select an offering above to get offering specific information

Students should have completed an organic chemistry subject at second year level

Students should have completed an organic chemistry subject at second year level Offerings: All

[Anti-requisite] CH2101, CH3102, CH3101, CH3103

[Anti-requisite] CH2101, CH3102, CH3101, CH3103 Offerings: All

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

Container 1

CH3310 - Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

Evaluate the experimental and theoretical basis for the proposal, testing and refinement of reaction mechanisms

Employ advanced synthetic methodology and purification techniques to produce and characterise typical organic compounds

Describe the impacts of organic chemistry on the modern world

Analyse spectroscopic and mass spectral data to identify complex unknown organic compounds