Unit details

CHEM3003 Advanced Chemical Synthesis

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 3 core unit in the Chemistry; Chemistry - Synthetic major sequences
• 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.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor George Koutsantonis

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

Successful completion of one Unit(s) CHEM2003 Chemical Synthesis or Unit(s) CHEM2211 Synthetic and Materials Chemistry and Successful completion of one Unit(s) CHEM2001 Core Chemical Concepts and Techniques or Unit(s) CHEM2210 Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry

Co-requisites:

Successful completion of or Enrolment in Unit(s) CHEM3001 Essential Chemical Skills

Incompatibility:

Nil

Contact hours

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