CHEM 12042

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Organic Chemistry I
>< Pre-requisites : CHEM 11014
>< Co-requisites : CHEM 12051
>< Objectives : To provide the basics of structure and mechanisms in Organic Chemistry.
>< Course Content :

Stereochemistry and Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Configuration, conformation, optical activity & chirality.
Nature of organic intermediates and the mechanistic features of reactions (substitution, elimination, addition, rearrangement, oxidation and reduction)

Organic Reactions

Selected reactions of hydrocarbons, halides, alcohols, phenols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids, derivatives of carboxylic acids, nitro compounds and amines.

Aromatics and Heterocyclics Conjugation

concept of aromaticity, Huckel's rules. Aromatic carbocyclic compounds, nomenclature , synthesis, physical and chemical properties of heterocyclic compounds with one heteroatom (pyrrole, furan, thiophene, pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline, indole)

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Fessenden, J. and Fessenden, J. (1998), Organic Chemistry, 6th edition, Brooks & Cole.
2. McMurry, J. (1992), Organic Chemistry, 4th edition, Brooks & Cole.
3. Solomons, T. W. G. (1996), Organic Chemistry, 6thedition, John Wiley.
4. Vollhardt, K. P. C. and Schore, N. E. (1999), Organic Chemistry, 3rd edition, Freeman.
5. Joule, J. A., Mills, K. and Smith, G. F. (1995), Heterocyclic chemistry, 3rd edition, Chapman & Hall.

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