University of Waikato

Organic Chemistry

CHEMY201

Iowa State Course Substitution

Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 3310

Course Info

International Credits: 15.0
Converted Credits: 4.0
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Course Description:
  • Demonstrate familiarity with the terminology of monosaccharide sugars including number of
    carbons & functional group, D or L configuration, ring size & alpha & beta anomeric configurations &
    identify a disaccharide sugar as reducing or non-reducing.
  • Be able to convert acyclic monosaccharides to the various ring forms with correct anomeric
    configuration and equally open a ring form to the corresponding acyclic structure. Be able to predict
    the products of reactions of the anomeric centre.
  • Be able to predict the position of subsequent substitutions of mono-substituted benzene and
    explain rates and directive effects in terms of intermediate carbocation stabilisation for mono-and
    further substituted benzenes.
  • Be able to apply the above knowledge via synthetic and retrosynthetic analysis to the design of
    pathways to correctly oriented substituted benzenes.
  • Be able to reproduce mechanisms for a variety of reactions involving radical intermediates and
    discuss and interpret reactions involving radicals in terms of structure and relative stabilities.
  • Be able to discuss and interpret the mechanisms of a wide range of (apparently disparate) reaction
    types in terms of the unifying concept of stabilisation of carbanion reaction intermediates.
  • Be able to explain trends in reactivity and pKa due to inductive & resonance effects & be able to
    recognise the most likely type of intermediate from reagents, reaction conditions & products and
    derive mechanisms as part of the explanation for reactivity.
  • Be able to discuss and interpret mechanisms of reactions involving nucleophilic addition to
    carbonyls involving a variety of substrates and reagents.
  • Be able to produce mechanisms with simple reactants showing the course of all the reactions
    outlined above and apply these mechanisms to more complex molecular reactants and utilize these
    reactions to synthesize a specified product.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work safely and competently in the laboratory.
  • Demonstrate the ability to carry out a multi-step organic synthesis under direction and characterise
    the product by GC and/or HPLC, IR and NMR as required.
  • Write concise and clear reports with coherent discussion supported by appropriate referencing and
    using appropriate language and formatting.

Review

Evaluated Date:
May 3, 2023
Evaluated:
Joseph Burnett
Expiration Date:
May 3, 2028
Comments:

This course includes some topics covered in CHEM 332 (but not enough to count as CHEM 332).