Chemistry (CHEM)
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
CHEM 4205 [0.5 credit]
Reactivity and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry
The application of frontier molecular orbital theory (HOMO-LUMO interactions) to organic reactions, including thermal and photochemical cycloadditions of pi-systems (including 1,3-dipoles) and rearrangements. Reactions of radicals and carbenes; conformational analysis, stereochemical effects, and methods for the determination of reaction mechanisms.Prerequisites: CHEM 3202 and CHEM 3503 (may be taken concurrently).
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
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