ADVANCED SYNTHESIS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PART. B

Degree course: 
Corso di Second cycle degree in CHEMISTRY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2016/2017
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Supplementary compulsory subjects
Credits: 
4
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
40
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (40 hours)
Requirements: 

Deep knowledge of basic Organic Chemistry, particularly with respect to aliphatic and aromatic reactivity

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course has the aim to provide students with advanced knowledge of Organic Synthesis including the most innovative methods for the formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds

Olefination reactions.
Carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation mediated by transition metal complexes. Metathesis reactions
Total synthesis of natural products and bioactive compounds
Novel methodologies and novel reagents in Organic Synthesis

Lectures (32 hrs)

During the lectures slides and didactic support will be delivered and here there are only few examples of consultation textbooks.

S. Warren, P. Wyatt - Organic Synthesis: the Disconnection Approach
S. Warren, P. Wyatt - Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control
E. J. Corey, Xue-Min Cheng - The Logic of Chemical Synthesis
K.C. Nicolaou, E.J. Sorensen - Classics in Total Synthesis
K.C. Nicolaou, S.A. Snyder - Classics in Total Synthesis II
K.C. Nicolaou, J.S. Chen - Classics in Total Synthesis III
T. Hudlicky, J.W. Reed - The Way of Synthesis
K.C. Nicolaou, T. Montagnon - Molecules that changed the world
E.J. Corey, L. Kurti, B. Czako - Molecules and Medicine
M.B. Smith - Organic Synthesis