CHEM 6906 Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Detailed and intense revision of organic chemical reactions with emphasis on modern synthetic methods and their applications in the synthesis of complex organic compounds. Topics on stereochemistry, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms of organic molecules, and select reactions will be studied. Also considered will be reactions of enolatos, reactions of condensation of carbonyl groups, interconversions of functional groups, reactions of electrophilic addition, reductions, organometallic reagents, arranged reactions, oxidations, synthesis strategies including retro-synthesis analysis in the context of multiple steps syntheses taken from recent specialized literature. Development of a curricular segment. Course designed for students in the Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching of Chemistry.