Unit details

CHEM3003 Advanced Chemical Synthesis

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

If this unit does not have an online alternative, then students who are presently unable to enter Western Australia and whose studies would be delayed by an inability to complete this unit, should contact the unit coordinator (details given on this page) to ascertain, on an individual case-by-case basis, if alternate arrangements can be made to support their study in this unit.

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 3 core unit in the Chemistry - Synthetic major sequence
• Level 3 elective

Content

This unit is compulsory for all students taking the synthetic/organic specialisation of the Chemistry major. It builds on the chemical principles and techniques introduced in CHEM2003 Chemical Synthesis, covering a number of advanced topics concerned with the synthesis of molecules containing metals or catalysed by metals, and their applications in biology and materials. The unit considers the chemistry of complexes that contain direct metal carbon bonds, as well as the types of ligands that are found, their stability and their reactivity. The roles metals play in conferring important properties to materials, including biological materials, are also developed through the chemistry of metal complexes.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) understand the principles and concepts related to (a) advanced topics in synthetic organic chemistry; and (b) advanced topics in synthetic organometallic and materials chemistry; (2) acquire basic practical skills in (a) performing advanced laboratory procedures for synthetic and analytical chemistry; and (b) the use of instrumentation and interpretation of spectroscopic data for structure determination of inorganic and organic compounds; and (3) further their skills development in scientific writing, problem solving, critical analysis and teamwork, as well as more advanced research skills specific to the discipline.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) quizzes; (2) laboratory practical reports; and (3) end-of-semester examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the laboratory practical reports component.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 overall and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor George Koutsantonis

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

(CHEM2003 Chemical Synthesis or CHEM2211 Synthetic and Materials Chemistry) and (CHEM2001 Core Chemical Concepts and Techniques or CHEM2210 Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry)

Co-requisites:

CHEM3001 Essential Chemical Skills

Incompatibility:

CHEM3301 Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry

Contact hours

lectures: 2 hours per week; labs: 6 hours per week (for 6 weeks)