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Unit Code: CHM504

Unit Name: Organic Chemistry

Description: Organic chemistry courses will provide students with a well-rounded, integrated background at the first-year level covering key concepts in the areas of organic chemistry with a particular emphasis on their relevance to industrial and biological processes. It is focused on an in-depth analysis of several types of organic reactions from a mechanistic and stereochemical outcome viewpoint with particular reference to natural products and the synthesis of compounds of biological and commercial importance. It also introduces physical methods used in the study of organic compounds.

Learning Target Outcomes:

Prerequisite: Pass in year 13/Form 7 with chemistry or equivalent

Prerequisite Sentence: Minimum Entry Requirement of the programme

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2