CHEM 2111 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
[3 credit(s)]
Various classes of organic compounds, emphasizing organic chemical reactions
and mechanisms of major functionalities and their importance in the area of
biological chemistry. For engineering students under the four-year degrees
who prefer to learn organic chemistry in a single term. Exclusion(s):
CHEM 2110, CHEM 2112, CHEM 2118. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1010 or CHEM 1020
CHEM 4140 Intermediate Organic Chemistry [3
credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 3130, CHEM 313] Provides
further training in the multistep organic synthesis of natural and unnatural
products, and will focus on the retrosynthetic analysis,
control of stereochemistry,
carbonyl group chemistry, and pericyclic reactions
with a brief coverage on new synthetic methodologies for efficient synthesis of
compound libraries. A prerequisite for students
wishing to take CHEM 5110/5120 as part of their undergraduate program.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3120
CHEM 5120 Advanced Organic Chemistry II [3
credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 512]
Stereochemistry and conformational analysis; reactions of various classes of
organic compounds; synthetic organic chemistry; modern methods of synthesis
including both specific methodology and multi-step complex synthesis. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 5110
CHEM 1001 Introductory Chemistry
[3 credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 001] For
students with limited background in chemistry. Covers basic chemical concepts
and historical development of chemistry; connections of chemistry with modern
technology; its importance in economy, the environment and daily life.
Exclusion(s): AL/AS Chemistry
CHEM 2112 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
[3 credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 101] Various
classes of organic compounds, emphasizing organic chemical reactions and
mechanisms and their importance in the area of biological chemistry. For
non-Chemistry students who prefer to cover organic chemistry in a single
semester: a concise combination of the topics of CHEM 2118 and CHEM 3120.
Prerequisite(s):
A passing grade in AL/AS Chemistry
CHEM 2118 Organic Chemistry I
[4 credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 111] Structure
and bonding; regio-, geometric, and stereoisomerism; polar and radical reactions
of alkenes and alkynes; substitution and elimination reactions; and an
introduction to NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry. Exclusion(s): CHEM 2112; Prerequisite(s):
A passing grade in AL Chemistry
CHEM 3120 Organic Chemistry II
[3 credit(s)]
[Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 212] Continuation
of CHEM 2118. Synthesis and reactions of alcohols and epoxides; dienes, resonance and aromaticity;
electrophilic aromatic substitution and nucleophilic aromatic substitution;
benzylic and allylic reactivity; the chemistry of carbonyl compounds and
carboxylic acid derivatives; the chemistry of amines; pericyclic reactions.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2118
CHEM 5110 Advanced Organic Chemistry I
[3 credit(s)]
Previous Course Code(s):
CHEM 511] Mechanism and theory in organic chemistry, molecular orbital theory,
structure-activity relationships, isotope effects, solvent effects, neighboring
group participation, and reactive intermediate. Background: CHEM 2118, CHEM
3120 and CHEM 4140
BSc in Molecular Biomedical Sciences
[program
details]
Prof. K. C. Nicolaou's Lecture on "Molecules
That Changed The World" in HKUST IAS Channel delivered on 31/3/2009
[view
here].
William Reusch's Virtual Textbook of
Organic Chemistry
[link]
