2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Chemistry Graduate major in Chemistry
Advanced Structural Organic Chemistry
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemistry
- Instructor(s)
- Shinji Toyota / Kosuke Ono
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- CHM.D434
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
To deepen the understanding of structural features of organic compounds, students will learn basics and applications of chemical bonding, stereochemistry, aromaticity, and supramolecular chemistry in this course. Concepts of structures and properties required for advanced researches will be explained with introducing theoretical background and concrete examples.
Course description and aims
Students will learn the following skills from taking this course
1) be able to understand the nature of chemical bonding based on molecular orbital theory.
2) be able to apply fundamental concepts of stereochemistry to concrete examples.
3) be able to understand concepts and evaluation methods of aromaticity.
4) be able to understand intermolecular interactions and their analysis.
5) be able to understand the method of construction of hollow structures and their properties.
Keywords
Chemical bonding, Stereochemistry, Aromaticity, Supramolecular chemistry, Functional molecules
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Basically lecture style. Exercises.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Intermolecular interactions |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 2 | Chemical Bonding 1 |
Preview textbook chapter 1. |
| Class 3 | Analysis of intermolecular interactions |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 4 | Chemical Bonding 2 |
Preview textbook chapter 1. |
| Class 5 | Interlocked compounds |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 6 | Strain and Stability |
Preview textbook chapter 2. |
| Class 7 | Hollow compounds |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 8 | Stereochemistry 1 |
Preview textbook chapter 3. |
| Class 9 | Host-guest complexes |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 10 | Stereochemistry ２ |
Preview textbook chapter 3. |
| Class 11 | aromaticity 1 |
Preview textbook chapter 4. |
| Class 12 | Supramolecular catalysis |
Review the course contents. |
| Class 13 | aromaticity 2 |
Preview textbook chapter 3. |
| Class 14 | Supramolecular materials |
Review the course contents. |
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)
Structural organic chemistry, Nakasuji, Kubo, Suzuki, Toyota Eds. Tokyo Kagaku Dojin
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Assigned at the lectures.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assignments given during lectures (30%) and the comprehensive exercise (final examination) (70%).
A final examination is scheduled.
Related courses
- CHM.D401 ： Basic Concepts of Organic Chemistry I
- CHM.D402 ： Basic Concepts of Organic Chemistry II
Prerequisites
Recommended to understand basic organic chemistry.