- CHEM3101 Organic Synthesis and Mechanisms
A study of the basic reaction mechanisms
encountered in organic chemistry, with particular reference to the
reactions and rearrangements of electron deficient and radical species.
Principles of organic synthesis. Stereochemistry and conformational
analysis. Carbocyclic chemistry.
- CHEM3102 Applied Physical Chemistry
Surface chemistry (colloidal and surfactant
solutions) and biomedical aspects. Advanced symmetry applied to
molecular problems.
- CHEM3103 Transition Metal Chemistry (Download information
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Advanced chemistry of the elements, in particular
the transition metals. Molecular symmetry, structure and bonding.
Organotransition metal chemistry. Metal ions in biological systems.
- CHEM3104 Analytical Aspects of Organic Chemistry
Applications of nuclear magnetic resonance and mass
spectral techniques in structural and mechanistic studies. Polymer
chemistry.
- CHEM3105 Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry
General principles of magnetic resonance,
applications to NMR and ESR. Statistical mechanics. Quantum chemistry
including aspects of electronic structure and approximation methods.
- CHEM3106 Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic reaction mechanisms; main group chemistry
(eg organometallics, boron hydrides, chemistry of phosphorus, etc);
cluster chemistry.
- CHEM3107 Bioorganic and Natural Product Chemistry
An introduction to the chemistry of the main five
and six-membered heterocyclics, with particular emphasis on
biologically-important systems. The biosynthesis of the major classes
of natural products. Selected syntheses, often of natural products,
will be used to illustrate modern synthetic reactions and strategies.
- CHEM3108 Physical Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry
Application of the ligand-field model to understand
the electronic (UV/Vis) spectra and magnetism of transition metal
complexes. Basic introduction to computational chemistry with emphasis
on molecular-orbital calculation
