Basic principles and key aspects of molecular design, synthesis, structure and reactivity of carbon based molecules, organo-transition metal chemistry and metal complexes with examples taken from important biological, industrial and environmental processes. It will cover aspects of reactive intermediates; carbocations; molecular rearrangements; nucleophilic substitution; elimination reactions; free radicals; aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry; pericyclic reactions; carbonyl compounds; geometry, properties and bonding in transition metal complexes; metal coordination environments in metalloproteins; metal ions in metalloproteins; metal complexation in aquatic systems. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Kellie Tuck (Clayton); Associate Professor Lim Yau Yan (Sunway)
Prerequisites: CHM1011 or CHM1051, plus CHM1022 or CHM1052. Students without these should consult the second year coordinator.
