KE805: Supramolecular and nanochemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10003001

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
4th quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: snv@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Bachelor´s degree in chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry or nanobioscience must be passed.

Course introduction
The course will provide the students with a comprehensive introduction to modern supramolecular chemistry and nanostructures. Fundamental forces for the assembly of host-guest systems and functional supramolecular devices as well as the synthetic chemistry to generate the required building blocks will be discussed. Important design principles and the analysis of supramolecular systems using advanced analytical techniques towards in depth understanding of properties and function will be covered.

Expected learning outcome
• relatere teoretisk viden om ikke-kovalente vekselvirkninger med designprincipperne af vært-gæst-systemer (molekylære receptorer) såvel som funktion og opbygning af molekylære maskiner
• identificere klassiske og moderne reaktioner til syntese af molekylære receptorer og byggesten i molekylære maskiner (især makrocyckliske byggesten)
• gengive overblik over moderne byggestene i supramolekylær kemi og mulige anvendelser af disse
• forklare grundlæggende designprincipper af molekylære receptorer og maskiner
• forklare målrettet anvendelse af moderne analytiske metoder til karakterisering af supramolekylære systemer
• foretage litteratursøgning i Online tidsskrifter for at finde relevante informationer om receptorer og molekylære maskiner samt mundtlig præsentation af moderne forskningsartikler inden for supramolekylær kemi

Subject overview
Non-covalent interactions, molecular recognition, design principles, thermodynamic considerations in respect to functional systems, discussion of host-guest systems including macrocyclic receptors (for anionic-, cationic- and neutral guest), mechanically interlocked systems (rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular knots), fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, biomimetic catalysts as well as self assembly of various common building blocks to functional devices and potential applications. For all classes of building blocks the synthesis of representative examples will be discussed.

Literature

• Jonathan W. Steed, David R. Turner,Karl J. Wallace: Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Oral exam. Danish 7 mark scale, external examiner.

Reexamination after 2nd quarter.
The mode of exam at the reexamination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger, antal timer 25.
Eksaminatorietimer/opgaveregning, antal timer 25.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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