CHEM 325
Organic Chemistry IV: Organic Structure and Stereochemistry
Winter 2026 · Organic Chemistry IV: Structure and Stereochemistry
Topics
- Chirality and molecular symmetry
- Stereoisomer classification
- Configuration, conformation and topology
- Stereochemical nomenclature
- Enantiomeric purity and resolution
- Absolute configuration
- Prochirality and stereoselective synthesis
- Chiral drugs
- Supramolecular and two-dimensional chirality
- Homochirality
- Proteins and foldamers
- Chiral-induced spin selectivity
Readings
- S. R. Buxton and S. M. Roberts, Guide to Organic Stereochemistry (1996).
- Eliel, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds (1994).
- Eliel, Basic Organic Stereochemistry (2001).
- Morris, Stereochemistry (2001).
- Robinson, Organic Stereochemistry (2000).
- Stereochemistry Workbook: 191 Problems and Solutions (author/year not printed).
- Listed laboratory manual: Concordia CHEM 325 Organic Chemistry IV Laboratory Manual, on Moodle.
- Online reference: IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry 68(12), article beginning p. 2193 (1996), https://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/1996/pdf/6812x2193.pdf .
- Online reference: Helvetic Chimica Acta, DOI 10.1002/hlca.201200469 (title not printed).
- Online reference: OpenStax Organic Chemistry.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Winter 2026
- Actual Winter 2026 outline. Books are library reference materials rather than an explicitly required textbook; author names and dates follow the abbreviated source bibliography.