Code: 
 MOC

Teacher(s): 
 Prof. dr. G.A. van der Marel

Course category: 
 core course within research area

Programme: 
 MSc Chemistry

Research area: 
 Design and Synthesis

ECTS: 
 6.0

Level: 
 500

Course language: 
 English

Year: 
 2011-2012

Block: 
 III

 IV

The course consists of problem-solving sessions, rather than formal lectures. In weekly sessions, the structure and reactivity of organic compounds are discussed. Students prepare for these sessions by studying selected chapters from Organic Chemistry textbooks, as well as selected relevant papers from the literature.

Literature: 

Organic Chemistry (Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Wothers), Oxford University Press. 2004 (ISBN 0 19 850346 6) and hand-outs (via Blackboard).