ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Interpret and apply the concepts, models, and terminology essential to contemporary organic synthesis. Audience: Graduate 2. Plan logical, stereocontrolled syntheses of complex organic structures using retrosynthetic analysis as a strategic tool. Audience: Graduate 3. Predict and rationalize the stereochemical outcomes of common organic reactions using three-dimensional transition state models. Audience: Graduate 4. Read and critically analyze the scholarly literature of synthetic organic chemistry. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the importance and implications of modern organic synthesis techniques in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. Audience: Graduate 6. Use the peer review process to provide constructive, supportive feedback on colleagues' research proposals. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Interpret and apply the concepts, models, and terminology essential to contemporary organic synthesis. Audience: Graduate 2. Plan logical, stereocontrolled syntheses of complex organic structures using retrosynthetic analysis as a strategic tool. Audience: Graduate 3. Predict and rationalize the stereochemical outcomes of common organic reactions using three-dimensional transition state models. Audience: Graduate 4. Read and critically analyze the scholarly literature of synthetic organic chemistry. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the importance and implications of modern organic synthesis techniques in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. Audience: Graduate 6. Use the peer review process to provide constructive, supportive feedback on colleagues' research proposals. Audience: Graduate