CHEM591 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 2340591 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AKIN AKDAĞ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will
- make a critique of organic chemistry literature
- predict the structure-reactivity of any organic compound
-apply Hückel MO calculations to organic chemistry related problems
-propose a plausable mechanism for an organic reaction
- use and apply kinetic and free energy relationships to deduce organic reaction mechanisms
Course Content
Basic and some advanced topics of organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms and molecular orbital theory.
Course Learning Outcomes
-to do Hückel MO calculations
-to apply kinectics to organic reactions
-to break down a synthesis into its basic constituents as to whether the reaction occurs or not
- to apply frontier orbital theory to the organic reactions
- to be able to distinguish if a reaction proceeds thermally or photochemically
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Graduates of the Chemistry master program can follow scientific literature as well as developments in technology. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Our graduates have critical, analytical and independent thinking abilities. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They have the ability of working independently. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They have ability to analyze and solve problems. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They scientifically contribute to the areas that they have expertise on. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They have the background to pursue their PhD in both national and international universities. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They can perform team work. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They can have active roles in interdisciplinary studies with researchers from different backgrounds. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They have the ability to interpret the data obtained from interdisciplinary studies and contribute to the existing knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They have the leadership ability to solve challenges that are faced during the projects. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They have the ability to present their work orally and in a written text as scientific papers or reports. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They can speak and write English which is the scientific language. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | They can use the communication technologies to transfer their results. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | They are aware of the ethical values during their studies and transfer their results to scientific society. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution