PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC SYNTESIS

Degree course: 
Corso di Second cycle degree in CHEMISTRY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
6
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
60
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (60 hours)
Requirements: 

Prerequisites of the course are simply the basics of organic chemistry, acquired during the core course of the subject during the three-year degree.

Final Examination: 
Orale

The final exam is based on a written test on the topics discussed in the course and conducted during the lessons and related exercises

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course's goal is to introduce some techniques and principles of organic synthesis, even of a more applicative nature, after absorbing those that are the fundamental concepts transmitted in the basic organic chemistry courses. This course is intended to address some of the topics that lead to the expansion of knowledge through some themes that relate to aspects of particular innovation in the field of organic synthesis and which are the subject of recent publications in scientific literature.

Protectioon and deprotection of organic functional groups

Rearrangements, transpositions and fragmentations

Retrosynthetic approach (Principles and Applications)

Innovative aspects in the organic synthesis (Green Chemistry, Organocatalysis, Combinatorial Chemistry, Flow Chemistry, etc.)

Lectures (64 hrs)

During the lectures slides and didactic support will be delivered and here there are only few examples of consultation textbooks.

S. Warren, P. Wyatt - Organic Synthesis: the Disconnection Approach
S. Warren, P. Wyatt - Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control
E. J. Corey, Xue-Min Cheng - The Logic of Chemical Synthesis
M.B. Smith - Organic Synthesis

The course will be delivered through seminars and lectures on the different topics through various powerpoint presentations

Professors