CHEM 4205
Reactivity and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry
The application of frontier molecular orbital theory (HOMO-LUMO interactions) to organic reactions, including thermal and photochemical cycloadditions of pi-systems (including 1,3-dipoles) and rearrangements. Reactions of radicals and carbenes; conformational analysis, stereochemical effects, and methods for the determination of reaction mechanisms.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3202 and CHEM 3503 (may be taken concurrently). Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027