CHM2911 · Inorganic and organic chemistry

Overview

Basic principles and key aspects of molecular design, synthesis, structure and reactivity of carbon based molecules, organo-transition metal chemistry and metal complexes with examples taken from important biological, industrial and environmental processes. It will cover aspects of reactive intermediates; carbocations; molecular rearrangements; nucleophilic substitution; elimination reactions; free radicals; aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry; pericyclic reactions; carbonyl compounds; key principles of coordination chemistry including geometry, properties, bonding and stability in transition metal complexes; metal coordination environments in nature; principles of organometallic chemistry and catalysis.

Areas of study: Chemistry Medicinal chemistry

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Appreciate the tools used by chemists to design, prepare and study novel carbon based molecules and metal complexes;
2. Apply the general principles of transition metal chemistry to industrial and environmental processes;
3. Formulate the syntheses of a number of compounds using organic or inorganic chemistry processes;
4. Appreciate and utilise a number of organic and inorganic reactions, including processes involving metal ions;
5. Use common synthetic procedures and modern analytical and spectroscopic methods for the synthesis and analysis of chemical compounds;
6. Demonstrate safe laboratory practices and apply OHSE principles;
7. Communicate their chemistry in oral and written form and analyse how the material taught links to the social and environmental responsibility of chemists in the global community.

Workload

• Two 1-hour workshops; • One hour directed independent study; • One 1-hour tutorial and • the equivalent of 3 hours laboratory per week.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.