Course overview
Energy and Equilibrium - the relevance of intermolecular forces, chemical equilibrium, energy considerations and chemical reactivity applied to aspects of chemistry and biochemistry. Kinetics and Electrochemistry - aspects of kinetics and electrochemical processes. Synthetic and Bio-organic Chemistry - an introduction to chemical synthesis with particular reference to addition and substitution reactions. Strategies for synthesis and properties of biologically significant molecules will also be addressed.
Course learning outcomes
- Develop critical thinking and enhance their problem solving ability
- discuss the principles of scientific methodology and collaborative work
- describe and apply the concept of chemical equilibrium and how it reacts to changes in reaction conditions to various situations
- describe and apply the basic principles of chemical thermodynamics
- describe the basic principles of reaction kinetics and identify redox processes and their application to Galvanic cells and batteries
- describe the application of stereoisomerism to carbon-containing compounds
- define and apply the principles of electrophilic addition reactions, electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions and SN1 and SN2 reactions
- define and apply the principles of carbon-carbon bond formation and devise a synthesis of a given material based on use of the three Reaction Summaries ('Roadmaps')
- describe the structural types and chemical behaviour of amino acids and bonding within peptides