2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Chemistry
Exercise in Organic Chemistry III
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Chemistry
- Instructor(s)
- Shusuke Sato / Shinobu Arikawa / Kei Goto / Ken Ohmori / Makoto Yamashita / Atsushi Minami / Fumitaka Kudo / Kosuke Ono / Yuma Morimoto / Yoshio Ando / Satoru Kuwano
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CHM.D303
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course supports students understand the contents of "Organic Chemistry III" in the first
quarter of the same Academic year. In addition, we discuss experimental results from the course
of "Laboratory Course in Advanced Organic Chemistry". Solving exercise problems, drawing
organic structures and reaction mechanisms with curly arrows help students understand organic
chemistry in detail. Therefore, this course provides the opportunity that students draw organic
molecules by hands as much as possible and supports their better understanding of advanced
organic chemistry.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain advanced concepts of organic structures and organic reactions.
2) Explain advanced experimental methods for organic chemical reactions and the experimental results.
3) Explain spectroscopic analysis of organic compounds that are synthesized in the Laboratory Course in Advanced Organic Chemistry.
Keywords
carbonyl compounds, chemistry of enolates, benzoin condensation, stereochemical problems, carbocation rearrangements, skeletal rearrangements, Claisen rearrangement, Sigmatropic rearrangement
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the first 20 minutes, the lecturer shows solutions for homework, and subsequently teaches main topics according to the course schedule. Then, students solve several exercise problems. In the last 10 minutes, commentary to the solution guide for the exercise problems are provided. In addition, we discuss experimental results from the course of "Laboratory Course in Advanced Organic Chemistry".
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Carbonyl compounds (chemistry of enolates I) Alkylation of ethyl acetoacetate and decarboxylation of 3-oxocarboxylic acid" | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 2 | Carbonyl compounds (chemistry of enolates II) Mannich reaction, Robinson annulation" | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 3 | Benzoin condensation | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 4 | Stereochemical problems during the reduction of carbonyl group, Grignard reaction etc. | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 5 | Carbocation rearrangements, skeletal rearrangements | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 6 | Claisen rearrangement | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
| Class 7 | Cross coupling reaction | Solve related exercise problems. The lecturer provides homework. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None. Material may be provided via OCW-i.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Organic Chemistry (D. R. Kelin)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of advanced topics of organic chemistry covered in the course will be assessed by final exam.
Related courses
- CHM.D201 ： Organic Chemistry I
- CHM.D202 ： Organic Chemistry II
- CHM.D301 ： Organic Chemistry III
- CHM.D203 ： Exercise in Organic Chemistry I
- CHM.D204 ： Exercise in Organic Chemistry II
- CHM.D205 ： Laboratory Course in Basic Organic Chemistry
- CHM.D305 ： Laboratory Course in Advanced Organic Chemistry
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.