CHEM 6650 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: CHEM 3900 and CHEM 3580 or CHEM 3600, or equivalents, or permission of instructor. Primarily for: graduate students, seniors and juniors.

M. Abbasov.

The course focuses on stereoelectronic properties of organic compounds, conformational analysis, reaction thermodynamics and kinetics, stereochemistry, reactive intermediates, and catalysis. Case studies will focus on applications of these concepts and corresponding techniques that lead to creative design of selective organic synthesis and mechanistic insights into complex organic transformations. A particular emphasis is on the development of chemical and mechanistic intuition that will facilitate the students’ laboratory research efforts.