MECHANISMS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

PROF. NANDITA MADHAVAN TYPE OF COURSE : New | Core | COURSE DURATION : 8 weeks (29 Jul'19 - 20 Sep'19) EXAM DATE : 29 Sep 2019

Department of ChemistryIIT Bombay

PRE-REQUISITES : Basic Organic ChemistryINTENDED AUDIENCE : Chemistry

COURSE OUTLINE : 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.ABOUT INSTRUCTOR : Nandita Madhavan got her bachelor's degree in Chemistry from S.I.E.S. College (Mumbai University) and her master's degree from IIT Bombay, and her Ph.D. research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focused on developing light activated molecular switches. After completing her post-doctoral research at Georgia Institute of Technology, she joined IIT Madras as an ssistant rofessor. She moved to IIT Bombay in 2016 and currently designs peptide-based ion transporters and molecular switches. Nandita is also associated with the Centre of Teaching and Learning at IIT Bombay and is interested in understanding and exploring novel methods of teaching and learning.

COURSE PLAN :

Week 1: Basic concepts Basics of Arrow pushing I to IVWeek reactions I to reactions I and II

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             I to IV

Week 7: Kinetic Isotope Effects I to IV; Equilibrium Kinetic Isotope EffectsWeek 8: Mass balance, designing substrate Checking for common intermediate Isotope Labelling and                trapping Cross-over experiments Summary

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