| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
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17 April 2010
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21 April 2010
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Mandatory
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| Pre-requisites |
CHEM120 or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
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| Unit Description |
Stereochemistry of aliphatic compounds; synthesis and reactivity of selected multifunctional compounds with particular reference to conjugated dienes and polyenes, dicarbonyl compounds and biologically important substances such as amino acids and carbohydrates; structure, properties and selected syntheses of functionalised aromatic compounds, particularly those which display biological activity; introduction to heterocyclic aromatic compounds with particular reference to their important role in biology; structure and properties of DNA bases and function of DNA. Introduction to spectroscopic methods appropriate to structural elucidation of organic compounds such as proton nuclear magnetic resonance, uv-visible, and infrared spectroscopies.
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Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
