‘Pushing Electrons’ (Weeks, 3^rd Edition, Harcourt College Publishers, 1998)

This book is essential for your understanding of mechanistic organic chemistry.  It can be purchased from UniBooks.

-         ‘Organic Chemistry’ (Bruice, 5^th Edition, Pearson Education, 2007)

-         ‘Organic Chemistry’ (Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Wothers, Oxford University Press, 2000)

-         ‘Modern Physical Organic Chemistry’ (Anslyn and Dougherty, University Science Books, 2005)

-         ‘Inorganic Chemistry’ (Shriver & Atkins, 4^th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2006)

-         ‘Physical Chemistry’ (Atkins, 8^th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2006)

-         ‘Physical Chemistry’ (Tinoco, 4^th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002)

All the above are available for purchase from UniBooks or for loan from the Barr Smith library. Some are also available for consultation in the Chemistry Resource Centre (Rm 120, Johnson Laboratories)

MyUni:    Teaching materials and course documentation will be posted on the MyUni website (http://myuni.adelaide.edu.au/).

-         Lectures            36 x 50-minute sessions with three sessions per week

-        Tutorials            12 x 50-minute sessions with one session per week

-         Practicals          8 x 5-hour sessions

The course content includes the following:

• Applications of Symmetry

This section of the course will introduce students to symmetry operations and elements, point groups and applications of symmetry (e.g. chiralilty, polarity, and IR spectroscopy). Use of ligand field theory. Symmetry aspects in construction of MO orbital diagrams, pi-acceptor ligands, electronic configuration versus molecular geometry, Term Symbols, Selection rules, UV-Vis spectroscopy.

• Structure Determination & Aromatics:

Carbon and proton NMR, mass spectrometry, aromaticity and conjugation, resonance, Huckel's rule, introduction to heterocycles. Chemistry and reactivity of aromatics.

• Quantum Phenomena II

Particle in a box, scanning microscopy, vibrational and rotational energy levels.

• Synthetic Chemistry II

Electrophilic addition, regio- and stereo-selectivity. Chemistry of enols and enolates, tautomerism, nucleophilic reactivity, alkylation and aldol reaction.

Practicals

There will be 8 sessions divided equally between: Synthetic chemistry (introduce the student to a variety of techniques to prepare chemicals in a safe manner) and Measurement and Analysis (introduces the student to techniques for studying and quantifying chemical processes).

Tutorials

Formative tutorial sessions will be held weekly and will provide the student with the opportunity to answer and discuss material from the lecture course.

Assignments

10% - This assessment activity specifically covers lecture course content and is designed to encourage students to engage with the subject matter through semester (4 short-answer assignments). The assignments are supported and enhanced by students’ participation in tutorials.

Practical Reports

25% - This assessment activity comprehensively addresses the practical aspects of chemistry and competent training in the techniques employed in chemical laboratories (8 short, hand-written practical reports submitted in class).

An opportunity to make-up a maximum of one missed practical sessionmay be offered during the semester. Students must contact the Course Coordinator as soon as possible if they have missed their practical as practical classes are often full and additional space is often unavailable.

Extended Practical Report

5% - This assessment activity addresses the scientific communication aspects in the chemical laboratories. Students will write the extended practical report based on the contents in one of the short practical reports.