CY60119: Physical Organic Chemistry

CY60119
Course name	Physical Organic Chemistry
Offered by	Chemistry
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Prerequisite: CY30103, CY40102Acid-base catalysis. General acid and base catalyses. Relationship between the transition state structure and type of acid-base catalysis. Specific acid and base catalyses. Nucleophilic catalysis. Non-covalent binding forces; Electronic organic materials.Overview of orbital symmetry, rearrangements, stereoelectronic effects, the generation and chemistry of carbenium ions, carbanions, carbenes, nitrenes, radicals, excited states, and strained molecules. Methods used to probe the mechanisms of organic reactions and of the chemistry of some important reactive intermediates. Topics will include isotope effects, kinetics, linear fee energy relationships (Hammett equation. Interpretation of and constants); BOOK: Eric V. Anslyn and Dennis A. Dougherty, Modern Physical Organic Chemistry.Other texts: i) F. A. Carey and R. J Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Parts A; ii) M. B. Smith and J. March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Reactions, Mechanisms and Structure, 6th ed.; iii) T. H. Lowry and K. S. Richardson, "Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemistry," 3rd ed.