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CH2310 - Syntheses and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2023 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
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Administered by: |
College of Science and Engineering |
Organic chemistry is the study of compounds based on carbon. These compounds can exist
as simple hydrocarbons or combined with other elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus
or halogens. These types of compound are extremely important as they are produced
by living organisms or manufactured synthetically. The range of organic chemistry
is our lives is enormous and includes pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paints, food, explosives
and petrochemicals and this will be important for our future prosperity. In this subject
you will learn the basic principles of organic chemistry including mechanism and reactivate
intermediates as well as relevant spectroscopic methods. Specific themes will include
a review of nucleophilic and electrophilic chemistry; enols and enolates, reactions
with the carbonyl group, oxidation/reduction, reactive intermediates, and physical
organic chemistry. The practical component of the course will be geared towards providing
the student with synthetic skills and purification techniques that will allow them
to successfully complete model chemical reactions.
Learning Outcomes
- analyse chemical reactions in terms of their mechanism and the transformations undertaken;
- describe the basic principles governing the reactivity of organic compounds;
- describe characteristic reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds;
- analyse spectroscopic and mass spectral data to identify complex unknown organic compounds;
- employ basic synthetic methodology and purification techniques to produce and characterise
typical organic compounds.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (60%) - Individual
- Performance/Practice/Product > Practical assessment/practical skills demonstration - (40%) - Individual.
Assumed Knowledge:
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Students should have taken first year subjects that contain some organic chemistry |
Prerequisites: |
CH1001, CH1002 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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CH2101, CH2102, CH3101, CH3320 |
Availabilities
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Townsville,
Study Period 2,
Internal
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Census Date 24-Aug-2023 |
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Mark Robertson. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 39 hours lectures
- 13 hours tutorials
- 30 hours workshops
- assessment and self-directed study
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.