KE807: Physical Organic Chemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10003201

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: erik@sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
Kurset aflyst E14.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
KE505 Organic Chemistry must be passed.

TEK-students: Bachelor in Technological Science (Chemistry) or similar, or admitted to a Master of Science in Engineering - Chemistry

Course introduction
To provide the students with knowledge of the application of organic-chemical reaction mechanisms and quantitative relationships with the purpose of predicting and explaining organic-chemical reactions.

Expected learning outcome
After having completed this course, the student is expected to be able to:

• Describe and name stereochemical structures.
• Use the theory of optical activity.
• Describe and make arguments for organic chemical reaction mechanisms.
• Discuss suggestions for organic chemical reaction mechanisms.
• Describe the influence of chemical structures and reaction conditions on the rate of organic chemical reactions.
• Calculate thermodynamic and empirical reaction parameters from experimental data.
• Predict the rate of organic chemical reaction reactions.

Subject overview
Stereochemistry, substitution and rearrangement reactions, reactive intermediates, linear free energy relationships, and symmetry-controlled reactions.

Literature

• Felix A. Carroll: Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. A 4 hour written exam with all facilities, except the use of internet and any communication with other people. Exam answers must be delivered completely in electronic form, uploaded to a specified address. Danish 7 mark scale, external examiner.

Re-exam in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.

The mode of exam at the re-examination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 40 hours
Skills training phase: 10 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 10 hours

Educational activities

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

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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