CHM216 Organic Chemistry (8)

This subject is a further development of the elementary topics concerning carbon chemistry and functional group reactions from CHM107 Chemistry 1B. Greater detail and emphasis is given to molecular properties such as isomerism, tautomerism, bonding theory, conformations, configurations, reaction mechanisms and electronic theory, together with applications of organic products to modern society.
Distance Education students are required to attend a compulsory residential school as a requirement for this subject.

Subject Outlines
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Availability

* Offering has a residential school. Please view following information for further details.

Session 1 (30)
On Campus
Wagga Wagga Campus
Online *
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: CHM216. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences

Prerequisites

CHM107

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • Be able to demonstrate knowledge of the basic operating principles of infra-red (IR), ultra-violet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS), by utilising information from these technique outputs to identify unknown compounds, and vice-versa, to predict spectroscopic patterns from a given compound;
  • Be able to predict, draw the structures of, identify and name stereoisomers and conformers, together with drawing conformational energy diagrams and assigning energy level to conformers, and vice-versa;
  • Be able to rationalise the myriad of chemical facts into coherent patterns more easily memorised through an understanding of the important principles and theories, including, but not restricted to, electron donating and electron withdrawing effects, resonance, inductive effect, nucleophilicity, electrophilicity;
  • Be able to use a repertoire of standard organic functional group transforming reactions for synthetic design and draw reaction mechansims;
  • Be able to evaluate or predict acid/base properties of compounds;
  • Be able to apply polarity and hydrogen bonding properties of compounds to evaluate or predict their solubility and/or boiling point;

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

The element carbon, its catenation and three-dimensional tetrahedral nature;
Covalent molecular compounds of carbon;
Bonding, sigma and pi bonds, hybridisation, resonance, bond polarity;
Electron flow mechanisms;
Significance of, and information contained in molecular formulae;
Unsaturation, formal charge, carbonium ions, carbanions, free radicals, electrophiles, nucleophiles, electron delocalisation;
Types of isomerism, writing stereoformulae, R,S and E,Z systems, chirality and symmetry, diastereoisomerism;
Reaction chemistry, elimination, substitution, combustion, inductive and mesomeric effects, steric hindrance, relative acidity, hydrogen bonding, tautomerism;
Important industrial applications of organic synthesis;
A brief introduction to the basis of and applications for infra-red, ultra-violet and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry.

Residential School

This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.

The residential school will provide a practical opportunity for students to develop skills in laboratory techniques essential to Organic Chemistry. This will include lab based practical sessions  in distillation, recrystallisation, sublimation,  liquid-liquid extraction, and melting point determination.

Special Resources

Students are required to attend the compulsory residential school which will involve travel expenses and a time commitment. 
Students will also be required to purchase a lab coat and safety goggles which are compulsory for lab based practicals.

Contact

Current Students

For any enquiries about subject selection or course structure please contact Student Central or ask@csu.edu.au or phone on 1800 275 278.

Prospective Students

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 275 278 (free call within Australia) or enquire online.

The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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