Synthesis<br/><br/>What is synthesis? Retrosynthetic analysis. Oxidation and reduction reactions and protecting groups. Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Pericyclic reactions: types of pericyclic reactions, electrocyclisations, the Diels-Alder reaction, the Cope and Claisen rearrangements. Total Synthesis.<br/>Carbanion chemistry, reactions and reactivity involved in organometallic chemistry, transition-metal catalysed reactions including cross-coupling and olefin metathesis. Ligand or metal centred reactions. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: <br/> 314001 (v.1)<br/> Chemical Structure and Spectroscopy 201<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> OR<br/><br/> <br/> <br/> 312489 (v.1)<br/> Chemical Structure and Spectroscopy 201<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> AND<br/
