Organic Reactions, Mechanisms and Synthesis

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Presentation skills. Teamwork skills
• Knowledge of reaction mechanisms and useful synthetic reactions.
• Ability to work out reaction mechanisms and synthetic routes.

Presentation and discussion of synthetic and mechanistic problems set in advance and tackled by individuals or small groups (1-3 – one member to present the solution).

Student led presentation of novel chemistry from the literature.

Teaching and learning methods

Study time allocation

Contact time: 12 hours

Private study and teamwork outside of workshop hours: 63h

Teaching and Learning Methods: Small group work. Mediated larger meetings.

Assessment strategy

This module provides formative assessment only. There is not any summative assessment for this zero credit module.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.