2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
CHEM5126M Organic Synthesis for Fine Chemical and Pharmaceutical Synthesis
15 creditsClass Size: 35
Module manager: Professor J Blacker
Email: j.blacker@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisite qualifications
Level 3 of any MChem programme in Chemistry or equivalentThis module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
Fundamentals of organic synthesis to enable students to appreciate the key reactions used in the synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals.Objectives
To give students knowledge of the required range of organic chemistry and synthetic transformations needed to understand fine chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis.Learning outcomes
Knowledge of organic synthesis, and its application in fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacture.
Syllabus
- Revision of organic chemistry fundamentals, including bond formation, bond types, hybridisation, functional groups, and reaction types and mechanisms.
- Overview of available synthetic methods including, C-C bond formations, C-X bond formations, heterocycle synthesis, functional group interconversions, oxidation/reduction, the chemistry of carbonyl compounds, and retrosynthetic analysis.
- Useful reactions which will be encountered in subsequent modules, eg alkylations, Grignard, Friedel-Crafts, Pd-catalysed couplings, amide bond formation, reductive amination, alkene functionalisation.
- Principles of asymmetric synthesis and resolution.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Tutorial | 2 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 126.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 24.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
- 2 hour digestion of lecture material = 40 hours- 2 hour background reading per lecture = 40 hours
- 4 hours completing each tutorial sheet = 8 hours
- Pre-exam revision = 38 hours.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Formative feedback during tutorialsMethods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Tutorial Performance | One hour block | 10.00 |
| Tutorial Performance | One hour block | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
There is no reading list for this moduleLast updated: 05/11/2013
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