Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

By Prof. Nandita Madhavan | IIT Bombay

Learners enrolled: 1400

The course can be broadly classified as a Physical Organic Chemistry course. Understanding organic reaction mechanisms are extremely useful in predicting the products and improving the reaction efficiency. A student needs to know basic concepts in order to be able to write reasonable reaction mechanisms. A mechanism cannot be considered valid unless there is experimental evidence to support it. The student needs to know basic experiments that can be used to validate reaction mechanisms. Learning outcomes for the course: At the end of the course, the student should be able to • Propose/write a mechanism for a given organic reaction. • Design experiments to determine reaction intermediates/mechanisms.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Students studying Chemistry

PREREQUISITES : Basic Organic Chemistry

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	8 weeks
Start Date :	25 Jul 2022
End Date :	16 Sep 2022
Exam Date :	25 Sep 2022 IST
Enrollment Ends :	08 Aug 2022
Category :	Chemistry
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate

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Course layout

Week 1 : Broad classification of reactions and basics of arrow pushing

Week 2 : Reaction co-ordinate diagrams

Week 3 : Reaction Kinetics: rate laws and methods of determining concentration. Introduction to linear free energy relationships

Week 4 : Linear Free Energy Relationships

Week 5 : Kinetic and equilibrium isotope Effects

Week 6 : Miscellaneous methods to determine mechanisms: isotope labelling, trapping of intermediates, checking for common intermediate,competition and cross-over experiments.

Week 7 : Catalysis: classification and introduction to Bronstead acid catalysis

Week 8 : Types of Catalysis: Acid, Binding, Electrophilic, Nucelophilic, Covalent, Proximity and Phase-transfer

Books and references

1. F. A. Carey and R. I. Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A, 3rd edition, Plenum Press, 1990.

2. E. V. Ansylyn, D. A. Dougherty Modern Physical Organic Chemistry.

3. Peter Sykes, A guidebook to mechanisms in Organic Chemistry.

Instructor bio

Prof. Nandita Madhavan

IIT Bombay

Prof. Nandita Madhavan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay(IITB). Post-doc,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Assistant Professor, IIT Madras (2009), Associate Professor, IIT Madras (2015), Associate Professor, IIT Bombay (2016), Ph. D., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, M. Sc., IIT Bombay, B. Sc., S. I. E. S. College, Mumbai

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 25 September 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

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