Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Chemistry |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Chemistry 3B consists of the following lecture courses under the theme of synthesis, reactions, and properties of chemical compounds: asymmetric synthesis; conformational analysis and stereoelectronic effects; fundamentals of medicinal chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry; main group chemistry; mass spectrometry of organic molecules; physical basis of organic reaction mechanisms; reactive intermediates; targeted organic synthesis; transition-metal and organometallic chemistry.
When taken in combination with Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3P, this course forms part of the prescribed third year curriculum for students on degrees in Chemistry, Chemistry with Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry, Chemistry with Materials Chemistry, and Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (including the With Industrial Experience, With Year Abroad, and With Management variants of these programmes). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Chemistry 2 (CHEM08019) AND
Applicable Mathematics 1 (MATH08027) AND
Mathematical Methods 1 (MATH08029)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Direct entrants with mathematics qualifications recognised as being equivalent to a pass in the Year 1 Mathematics for Scientists and Engineers 1a & 1b courses are exempted from the formal passes in Year 1 mathematics courses. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
Plus tutorials at times to be arranged |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 60,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 33,
Online Activities 4,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 9,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
284 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Paper 1 | 2:30 | | | Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Paper 2 | 2:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Paper 1 | 2:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Paper 2 | 2:30 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
* Design enantioselective routes to organic target molecules using a range of modern methods for stereoselective synthesis.
* Predict the shape of an organic molecule in three dimensions, and understand how the alignment of orbitals within a molecule controls reactivity.
* Describe the chemistry of important classes of antibacterial agents and the basic principles of drug design.
* Show how the reactivity of heteroaromatic compounds is determined by the electronic effects of the heteroatom(s), and hence predict the reactivity of related structures.
* Suggest synthetic routes to a range of 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic compounds via classical and modern methods.
* Understand the factors that govern the structural chemistry of the main group elements.
* Identify the optimum methods for obtaining mass spectra for range of molecules, and predict the breakdown peaks of simple molecules.
* Understand the physical methods available for probing inorganic and organic reaction mechanisms and how these may be used in the elucidation of some fundamental reactions mechanisms.
* Understand the generation, detection, and structures of important classes of neutral reactive intermediates, and know how they can be used in organic synthesis.
* Suggest syntheses of simple organic molecules from readily available starting materials using retrosynthetic analysis
* Explain the electronic properties of the 2nd and 3rd row transition metals and how these properties influence the chemistry of these elements.
* Predict the structure and reactivity of simple organometallic complexes, and understand how the chemistry of such complexes may be used and adapted to provide mechanisms for catalytic transformations. |
Assessment Information
| 2 x 3 hour exams. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | C3B |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Philip Camp
Tel: (0131 6)50 4763
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: |
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