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Postgraduate Handbook 2015-2016 (archived)

Module CHEM40315: Making Organic Molecules

Department: Chemistry

CHEM40315: Making Organic Molecules

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	4	15	Not available in 2015/2016	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

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Corequisites

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Excluded Combinations

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Aims

To teach the basic principles of synthetic organic chemistry.

Content

Synthetic chemistry of carbonyl compounds.
Making C-C bonds using enolate chemistry.
Making C=C bonds using eliminations, the Wittig reaction and selective reductions.
Cycloadditions.
Aromaticity.
Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.
Oxidation reactions.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Synthesis of organic molecules using a variety of bond forming reactions.
Multistep organic synthesis.
The properties and chemistry of aromatic molecules.

Subject-specific Skills

Solving synthetic organic chemistry problems.
Elucidation of mechanisms using curly arrow approaches.

Key Skills

Problem solving.
Developing the ability to learn independently within broad guidelines.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures will provide the means to give concise, focussed presentation of the relevant subject matter of the module. They will be supported by reference to suitable text books and where appropriate by the distribution of written material or through links on DUO (on-line learning resource).
Problem sheets will be given regularly in lectures to help students gain an understanding of the concepts presented. These will be assessed formatively.
Workshops in which students work through synthetic organic chemistry problems will be used as support teaching.
Problems set in workshops will be assessed summatively.
Student performance will be assessed summatively through examination.
Formative assessments will provide the means for the student to demonstrate their acquisition of subject knowledge and the development of their problem solving skills. The tests will also provide opportunities for feedback, for students to gauge their progress, and for the Management Committee to monitor progress throughout the duration of the module.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Lectures	27	2	1	27
Workshops	4		1.5	6
Self Study				117
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	80%	Examination	1.5	100%	Y
Workshops	20%	Workshops	6	100%	Y

Formative Assessment

Problem sheets distributed in lectures.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.