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23564 Advanced Organic Chemistry
Danish title: Videregående organisk kemi

Type: Å, Language: EEE
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: C2364
Offered by: Department of Organic Chemistry (OK)
No credit points with: C2364
Prerequisite: 23330/C2330
Recommended semester: 7th semester
Scope and form: 2 modules, lectures, presentations, discussions.
Examination: Written exam (13 point scale )
Contact person: David Tanner, OK, Building 201, Tel. +45 4525 2188
Aim: To engage the participants in problems of advanced organic chemistry and make them familiar with the newest experimental methods.
Contents: By arrangement and/or written notice at the Dept. of Organic Chemistry, one of the following subjects is offered:
Selective organic synthesis: Stereochemical control in the synthesis of stereoisomers. Steering chemical reactions by the use of effective tools: Organophosphorous-, Sulphur-, Boron- and Silicon chemistry, organometallic chemistry; catalysis etc.
Carbohydrate chemistry: Glycoside synthesis and biological properties. Use of carbohydrates for synthesis of optically active compounds (chiral pool). Identification of carbohydrate synthons of general utility.
Natural product chemistry: Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Chemotaxonomy. Organic synthesis of and from natural products.